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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.