Leon Gast Biography (c. 1937-)
Born c. 1937, in Jersey City, NJ. Addresses: Agent--William Morris Agency, 1325 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019.
- Nationality
- American
- Birth Details
- c. 1937
- Jersey City, New Jersey, United States
Famous Works
- Credits; Film Work
- Director and cinematographer, Our Latin Thing (documentary), 1972.
- Director, Salsa (documentary), Fania Records, 1975.
- Director, The Grateful Dead Movie (documentary), 1977.
- Concert director, No Nukes (also known as The Muse Concert: No Nukes), 1980.
- Producer and director, Hell's Angels Forever (documentary), 1983.
- Director, producer (with David Sonenberg and Taylor Hackford), and editor(with Taylor Hackford, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte, and Keith Robinson), When We WereKings: The True Story of the Rumble in the Jungle (documentary), Gramercy Pictures, 1996.
- Credits; Film Appearances
- Narrator, Salsa (documentary), Fania Records, 1975.
- Credits; Television Work; Specials
- Co-producer and editor, Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson, NBC, 1993.
Further Reference
Periodicals:
- Commentary, June, 1997, p. 51.
- Entertainment Weekly, February 21, 1997, p. 105; July 11, 1997, p. 75.
- Insight on the News, March 17, 1997, p. 36.
- Maclean's, March 24, 1997, p. 50.
- National Review, March 24, 1997, p. 56.
- New Republic, February 17, 1997, p. 27.
- Newsweek, February 17, 1997, p. 66.
- New York, February 24, 1997, p. 123.
- New Yorker, February 17, 1997, p. 92.
- People Weekly, March 24, 1997, p. 24.
- Sports Illustrated, November 4, 1996, p. 20.
- Time, February 17, 1997, p. 83.
- USA Today, March 25, 1997.
- Variety, February 12, 1996, p. 82.
- Vogue, December, 1996, p. 184.