Carlo Leva
- Art direction
- February 27, 1930 · Bergamasco, Italy
- April 4, 2020
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
Filmography
- Sad Hill Unearthed · Self
- Por un puñado de sueños · Self
- Sergio Leone: cinema, cinema · Self
- Lady Chatterley's Passions 2: Julie's Secret
- Tra noi due tutto è finito · Production Design, Costume Design
- Dark Friday · Art Direction
- 32nd of December · Production Design
- Il Mistero di Bellavista · Production Design
- Maria Zef · Production Design, Costume Design
- Riavanti… Marsch! · Production Design
- The Bloodstained Shadow · Art Direction, Costume Design
- Stunt Squad · Production Design
- Destruction Force · Production Design
- Origins of the Mafia · Production Design
- Mark Strikes Again · Production Design
- Free Hand for a Tough Cop · Production Design
- Mark Shoots First · Production Design, Costume Design
- The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue · Production Design
- Emergency Squad · Production Design
- The Knock Out Cop · Set Designer
- The Counsellor · Costume Design
- Ingrid on the Road · Set Decoration, Costume Design
- The Return of Halleluja · Production Design, Set Decoration
- The Case of the Bloody Iris · Set Decoration
- The Cat o' Nine Tails · Production Design, Costume Design
- Per amore o per forza · Costume Design
- Symphony of Love · Production Design, Costume Design
- A Girl Called Jules · Production Design
- Una macchia rosa
- The Price of Power · Production Design
- Once Upon a Time in the West · Set Decoration
- Spirits of the Dead · Set Decoration
- Desert Commandos · Set Decoration
- The Big Gundown · Set Decoration
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly · Assistant Art Director
- You'll See Me Returning · Production Design
- For a Few Dollars More · Assistant Art Director
- In a Colt's Shadow · Production Design
- Don't Ever Leave Me · Production Design
- I'm Not Worthy of You · Production Design
- The Revenge of the Crusader · Set Decoration, Costume Design
- So In Love · Production Design, Set Decoration
- A Fistful of Dollars · Assistant Art Director
- Amore mio · Production Design
- Crazy Sea · Costume Design, Set Decoration
- I terribili sette · Production Design