Jay Leyda
- Directing
- February 12, 1910 · Detroit, Michigan, USA
- February 5, 1988
Biography
Jay Leyda (February 12, 1910 – February 15, 1988)[1] was an American avant-garde filmmaker and film historian, noted for his work on U.S, Soviet, and Chinese cinema, as well as his collections of documentation on the day-to-day lives of Herman Melville and Emily Dickinson. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Known for
Filmography
- Idols Behind Altars: A Poetic Reverie for Anita Brenner · Editing
- Strong Medicine
- Eisenstein’s Mexican Film: Episodes for Study · Editing
- Youth Gets a Break · Editing
- People of the Cumberland · Director
- A Bronx Morning · Director



