Carlo Leva
Personal Info
Known for
Art
Gender
Male
Birthday
1930-02-27
Day of Death
2020-04-04 (90 years old)
Place of Birth
Bergamasco, Italy
Carlo Leva
Biography
Carlo Leva (27 February 1930 – 4 April 2020) was an Italian production designer. 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.
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.
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.
Known For
Acting
(2018)
Sad Hill Unearthed
as Self - Assistant Art Director (1966)
(2004)
Por un puñado de sueños
as Self - Interviewee
(2001)
Sergio Leone: cinema, cinema
as Self - Art Director
(1995)
(1970)
Crew
(1994)
Tra noi due tutto è finito
Production Design, Costume Design
(1993)
Dark Friday
Art Direction
(1988)
32nd of December
Production Design
(1985)
Il Mistero di Bellavista
Production Design
(1981)
Maria Zef
Production Design, Costume Design, Set Decoration
(1979)
Riavanti… Marsch!
Production Design
(1978)
The Bloodstained Shadow
Art Direction, Costume Design
(1977)
Stunt Squad
Production Design
(1977)
Destruction Force
Production Design
(1976)
Free Hand for a Tough Cop
Production Design
(1976)
Mark Strikes Again
Production Design
(1975)
Mark Shoots First
Production Design, Costume Design
(1974)
Emergency Squad
Production Design
(1974)
The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue
Production Design
(1973)
Counselor at Crime
Costume Design
(1973)
The Knock Out Cop
Set Designer
(1973)
Ingrid on the Road
Set Decoration, Costume Design
(1972)
The Case of the Bloody Iris
Set Decoration
(1972)
The Return of Halleluja
Production Design, Set Decoration
(1971)
Per amore o per forza
Costume Design
(1971)
The Cat o' Nine Tails
Production Design, Costume Design
(1970)
Symphony of Love
Production Design, Costume Design
(1970)
A Girl Called Jules
Production Design
(1969)
The Price of Power
Production Design
(1968)
Spirits of the Dead
Set Decoration
(1967)
The Big Gundown
Set Decoration
(1967)
Desert Commandos
Set Decoration
(1966)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Assistant Art Director
(1966)
You'll See Me Returning
Production Design
(1965)
In a Colt's Shadow
Production Design
(1965)
I'm Not Worthy of You
Production Design
(1965)
Don't Ever Leave Me
Production Design
(1965)
For a Few Dollars More
Assistant Art Director
(1964)
So In Love
Production Design, Set Decoration
(1964)
Amore mio
Production Design
(1964)
The Revenge of the Crusader
Set Decoration, Costume Design
(1964)
A Fistful of Dollars
Assistant Art Director
(1963)
Crazy Sea
Costume Design, Set Decoration
(1963)
I terribili sette
Production Design