Carlo Leva
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
ArtBirthday
February 27, 1930Deathday
April 4, 2020Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
39Place of birth
Bergamasco, ItalyCast credits
Crew credits
Emergency Squad
Production DesignIl mistero di Bellavista
Production DesignIn a Colt's Shadow
Production DesignThe Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Assistant Art DirectorThe Bloodstained Shadow
Art Direction, Costume DesignA Girl Called Jules
Production DesignDon't Ever Leave Me
Production DesignThe Living Dead at Manchester Morgue
Production DesignI terribili sette
Production DesignPer amore o per forza
Costume DesignCounselor at Crime
Costume DesignThe Return of Halleluja
Production Design, Set DecorationDark Friday
Art DirectionFor a Few Dollars More
Assistant Art DirectorThe Knock Out Cop
Set DesignerThe Cat o' Nine Tails
Costume Design, Production DesignIngrid on the Road
Set Decoration, Costume DesignThe Big Gundown
Set DecorationThe Case of the Bloody Iris
Set DecorationSpirits of the Dead
Set DecorationCrazy Sea
Costume Design, Set Decoration