Leon Gast
American film director (1936–2021)
0.38body-of-work score · ranked #1577 of 2631 directors · 1 film in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- 1936 · Jersey City
- Died
- March 8, 2021 · Woodstock
- Nationality
- United States
- Work
- screenwriter, film director, film producer, cinematographer
Films in our library, ranked
Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.
- 1
1996 · United States · documentary
Sarris's annual top 10 1996 #4 · Criterion Collection spine #998
0.382 citations
Complete filmography
All 6 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1972Our Latin Thing
- 1977The Grateful Dead Movie
- 1996When We Were Kings
- 2010Smash His Camera
- 2014Manny
- 2023The Grateful Dead Movie 2025 Meet-Up