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.
Personal Details
Movies (44)
Sad Hill Unearthed
as Self - Assistant Art Director (1966)
2018
Por un puñado de sueños
as Self - Interviewee
2004
Sergio Leone: cinema, cinema
as Self - Art Director
2001
Lady Chatterley's Passions 2: Julie's Secret
1995
Tra noi due tutto è finito
Production Design (Art)
1994
Dark Friday
Art Direction (Art)
1993
32nd of December
Production Design (Art)
1988
Il Mistero di Bellavista
Production Design (Art)
1985
Maria Zef
Production Design (Art)
1981
Riavanti… Marsch!
Production Design (Art)
1979
The Bloodstained Shadow
Art Direction (Art)
1978
Stunt Squad
Production Design (Art)
1977
Destruction Force
Production Design (Art)
1977
Mark Strikes Again
Production Design (Art)
1976
Free Hand for a Tough Cop
Production Design (Art)
1976
Mark Shoots First
Production Design (Art)
1975
The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue
Production Design (Art)
1974
Emergency Squad
Production Design (Art)
1974
The Knock Out Cop
Set Designer (Art)
1973
Counselor at Crime
Costume Design (Costume & Make-Up)
1973
Ingrid on the Road
Set Decoration (Art)
1973
The Return of Halleluja
Production Design (Art)
1972
The Case of the Bloody Iris
Set Decoration (Art)
1972
The Cat o' Nine Tails
Production Design (Art)
1971
Per amore o per forza
Costume Design (Costume & Make-Up)
1971
Symphony of Love
Production Design (Art)
1970
A Girl Called Jules
Production Design (Art)
1970
Una macchia rosa
1970
The Price of Power
Production Design (Art)
1969
Spirits of the Dead
Set Decoration (Art)
1968
Desert Commandos
Set Decoration (Art)
1967
The Big Gundown
Set Decoration (Art)
1967
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Assistant Art Director (Art)
1966
You'll See Me Returning
Production Design (Art)
1966
For a Few Dollars More
Assistant Art Director (Art)
1965
In a Colt's Shadow
Production Design (Art)
1965
Don't Ever Leave Me
Production Design (Art)
1965
I'm Not Worthy of You
Production Design (Art)
1965
The Revenge of the Crusader
Set Decoration (Art)
1964
So In Love
Production Design (Art)
1964
A Fistful of Dollars
Assistant Art Director (Art)
1964
Amore mio
Production Design (Art)
1964
Crazy Sea
Set Decoration (Art)
1963
I terribili sette
Production Design (Art)
1963