Carlo Leva

Carlo Leva (27 February 1930 – 4 April 2020) was an Italian production designer.

Carlo Leva
Born(1930-02-27)27 February 1930
Bergamasco, Italy
Died4 April 2020(2020-04-04) (aged 90)
Alessandria, Italy
OccupationProduction Designer
Costume Designer
Years active1950–2010

Biography

After beginning his career as second assistant art director in Genoa on the set of The Walls of Malapaga, Leva studied Architecture in Rome, specializing in production design, costume design and set decoration for movies and advertising.[1]

In 1962, Leva was hired as assistant art director on Robert Aldrich's Sodom and Gomorrah, where he met second unit director Sergio Leone, who later hired him as assistant art director on A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and as set decorator on Once Upon a Time in the West.[1] He befriended also director Enzo Muzii, with whom he worked on movies such as Something Like Love, and later worked with many other directors, such as Federico Fellini, Dario Argento (for The Cat o' Nine Tails) and Carol Reed.[2]

In 2017, Leva took part in the documentary film Sad Hill Unearthed, narrating the reconstruction of the cemetery scene of The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

Death

Leva died in Alessandria on 4 April 2020, at the age of 90, due to a sudden illness.[3]

Partial filmography

Production designer

Art director

Costume designer

Set decorator

References
  1. "Morto Carlo Leva, costumista e scenografo di Sergio Leone. Suoi i set di "C'era una volta il West" e "Il buono, il brutto e il cattivo"". Il Fatto Quotidiano. 5 April 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  2. "Lo scenografo Carlo Leva alla mostra su Sergio Leone". dialessandria.it. 18 October 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  3. "Addio a Carlo Leva, lo scenografo di Sergio Leone". La Repubblica. 4 April 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.