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Jeremy Leven is a Director, Scriptwriter and Producer American born on 1941 at South Bend (USA)
Jeremy Leven (born 1941) is an American screenwriter, director, producer, and novelist. Born in South Bend, Indiana, Leven lives in Woodbridge, Connecticut, Nantucket, and Paris.
Leven was educated at St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland, Harvard University, the University of Connecticut and Yale University Medical School. While at Harvard he founded a satirical revue called The Proposition that ran for ten years in Cambridge, Massachusetts and off-Broadway.
Leven's first novel, Creator, was published in 1980 and released as a film of the same title in 1985. Leven is a practicing clinical psychologist, a theme incorporated in his second novel, Satan, His Psychotherapy and Cure by the Unfortunate Dr. Kassler, J.S.P.S., which was published in 1982 and filmed as Crazy as Hell in 2002.
Leven wrote and directed Don Juan DeMarco (1995), wrote and produced Alex & Emma (2003), and wrote the screenplays for The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000) and The Notebook (2004). His screenplay for The Time Traveler's Wife was in production in 2007. Leven wrote and directed Girl on a Bicycle (2013).
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Leven was educated at St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland, Harvard University, the University of Connecticut and Yale University Medical School. While at Harvard he founded a satirical revue called The Proposition that ran for ten years in Cambridge, Massachusetts and off-Broadway.
Leven's first novel, Creator, was published in 1980 and released as a film of the same title in 1985. Leven is a practicing clinical psychologist, a theme incorporated in his second novel, Satan, His Psychotherapy and Cure by the Unfortunate Dr. Kassler, J.S.P.S., which was published in 1982 and filmed as Crazy as Hell in 2002.
Leven wrote and directed Don Juan DeMarco (1995), wrote and produced Alex & Emma (2003), and wrote the screenplays for The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000) and The Notebook (2004). His screenplay for The Time Traveler's Wife was in production in 2007. Leven wrote and directed Girl on a Bicycle (2013).
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Girl on a Bicycle (2013)
, 1h41Directed by Jeremy Leven
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Nora Tschirner, Louise Monot, Paddy Considine, Stéphane Debac, Kellie Shirley, Brice Fournier
Rating61%
Paolo (Vincenzo Amato), an Italian who drives a Paris tour bus, has just proposed to his true love, German stewardess, Greta (Nora Tschirner), when young French beauty, Cécile (Louise Monot) pulls up beside his bus on her bicycle – and, in short order, Paolo, following some very bad advice from his friend, Derek (Paddy Considine), finds himself with a German fiancée, a French “wife”, two Australian children who call him “Papa”, and his life upside-down.
Don Juan DeMarco (1995)
, 1h40Directed by Jeremy Leven
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, Transgender in film, Films about psychiatry, Films set in psychiatric hospitals, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Marlon Brando, Johnny Depp, Faye Dunaway, Géraldine Pailhas, Bob Dishy, Franc Luz
Rating66%
Psychiatrist Jack Mickler (Marlon Brando) dissuades a would-be suicide—a 21-year-old, costumed like Zorro and claiming to be Don Juan (Johnny Depp), who is then held for a ten-day review in a mental institution. Mickler, who is about to retire, insists on doing the evaluation and conducts it without medicating the youth. "Don Juan" tells his story—born in Mexico, the death of his father, a year in a harem, and finding true love (and being rejected) on a remote island. Listening enlivens Mickler's relationship with his own wife, Marilyn (Faye Dunaway). As the ten days tick down and pressure mounts on Mickler to support the youth's indefinite confinement, finding reality within the romantic imagination becomes Jack's last professional challenge.
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Girl on a Bicycle (2013)
, 1h41Directed by Jeremy Leven
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Nora Tschirner, Louise Monot, Paddy Considine, Stéphane Debac, Kellie Shirley, Brice Fournier
Roles Writer
Rating61%
Paolo (Vincenzo Amato), an Italian who drives a Paris tour bus, has just proposed to his true love, German stewardess, Greta (Nora Tschirner), when young French beauty, Cécile (Louise Monot) pulls up beside his bus on her bicycle – and, in short order, Paolo, following some very bad advice from his friend, Derek (Paddy Considine), finds himself with a German fiancée, a French “wife”, two Australian children who call him “Papa”, and his life upside-down.
Real Steel (2011)
, 2h7Directed by Shawn Levy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Action
Themes Sports films, Films set in the future, Boxing films, Le boxe anglaise, Robot films
Actors Hugh Jackman, Dakota Goyo, Evangeline Lilly, Anthony Mackie, Kevin Durand, Hope Davis
Roles Story
Rating70%
In 2020, human boxers are replaced by robots. Charlie Kenton (Hugh Jackman), a former boxer, owns "Ambush", but loses it in an arranged fight against a bull belonging to promoter and carnival owner, Ricky (Kevin Durand), who sees Charlie as a joke, partially because he beat Charlie up the last time they competed in the ring. Having made a bet that Ambush would win, Charlie now has a debt to Ricky—which he runs out on.
The Time Traveler's Wife (2009)
, 1h48Directed by Robert Schwentke
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Time travel films, Films based on science fiction novels
Actors Eric Bana, Rachel McAdams, Ron Livingston, Stephen Tobolowsky, Arliss Howard, Brooklynn Proulx
Rating70%
In the early 1970s, Henry DeTamble is in a car accident that kills his mother but which he survives by inadvertently time traveling back two weeks. Moments later, Henry is helped by an older version of himself who has also traveled back. Unable to control the timing or destinations of his traveling, Henry finds himself drawn to significant people, places, and events in his life but is incapable of changing events beyond the minor differences his presence creates.
My Sister's Keeper (2009)
, 1h49Directed by Nick Cassavetes
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Medical-themed films, Films about cancer
Actors Cameron Diaz, Abigail Breslin, Alec Baldwin, Jason Patric, Sofia Vassilieva, Emily Deschanel
Rating73%
Conceived by means of in vitro fertilization, Anna Fitzgerald (Abigail Breslin) was brought into the world as a savior sister at the informal suggestion of Kate's doctor, Dr. Chance (David Thornton) (a formal suggestion from the doctor would have been a violation of legal and medical ethics). As a genetic match for her older sister, Kate (Sofia Vassilieva), who suffers from acute promyelocytic leukemia, to donate compatible organs, blood and tissue in order to keep her sister alive. Her family members are introduced one by one, and each tells about how Kate's illness has affected them personally. When Kate turns 15, she goes into renal failure. Eleven-year-old Anna knows that she will be forced by her parents to donate one of her kidneys. She also realizes that she may not be able to live the life she will want to lead - she may be unable to cheerlead, play soccer, or be a mother. Anna tells her parents that she does not want any of this and proceeds to sue them for medical emancipation and the rights to her own body. Her domineering mother, Sara (Cameron Diaz), who leads an obsessive campaign to keep Kate alive, is indignant at Anna's decision when she receives the notice of court proceedings. Attorney Campbell Alexander (Alec Baldwin) agrees to work for Anna as her guardian ad litem, suing for partial termination of parental rights. It is later learned he agreed to take the case not for the notoriety, but because he suffers from epilepsy, and is genuinely sympathetic to her predicament.
The Notebook (2004)
, 2h3Directed by Nick Cassavetes
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams, Gena Rowlands, James Garner, James Marsden, Sam Shepard
Rating78%
At a modern-day nursing home, an elderly man named Duke (James Garner) begins to read a romantic story from his notebook to a fellow patient (Gena Rowlands).
Alex & Emma (2003)
, 1h36Directed by Rob Reiner
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about writers
Actors Kate Hudson, Luke Wilson, Sophie Marceau, David Paymer, Rob Reiner, Paul Willson
Roles Writer
Rating54%
Alex Sheldon (Luke Wilson) finds himself in a tricky situation. Locked in his creative process, he is entrapped in a disastrous economic situation: he is ruined, and he must repay a US$100,000 debt to the Cuban mafia. He is given a 30-day ultimatum to repay the money he owes them or they will kill him. And the only solution to this big problem is to finish his novel. Or rather, to start it, since he has not written one single line. But he has an idea for the story: A comedy about "the powerlessness of being in love, how love devours the insides of a person like a deadly virus".
Crazy As Hell (2002)
, 1h53Directed by Eriq La Salle
Genres Thriller, Horror
Actors Eriq La Salle, Michael Beach, Ronny Cox, Tia Texada, Sinbad, Twink Caplan
Rating57%
Psychiatrist Dr. Ty Adams (Michael Beach) comes to the Sedah State Mental Hospital to film a documentary. While coming across self-assured and overconfident, Adams is secretly haunted by the death of his daughter. He strikes up a friendship with the facility's administrator, Dr. Samuel Delazo (Ronny Cox), playing an ongoing chess game with him. Adams is intrigued by a patient named Barnett (Eriq La Salle) who claims to be Satan and takes a personal interest in his case.
The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000)
, 2h6Directed by Robert Redford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy-drama, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Films based on mythology, Sports films, Golf films, Children's films
Actors Will Smith, Matt Damon, Charlize Theron, Wilbur Fitzgerald, Bruce McGill, Joel Gretsch
Rating66%
Promising golfer Rannulph Junuh (Matt Damon) is the favorite son of Savannah, Georgia and a noteworthy golfer; Adele Invergordon (Charlize Theron) was his girlfriend before he went off to war and is from a rich family. While serving as a captain in the US Army during World War I, Junuh is traumatized when his entire company is wiped out in battle. Though he earns the Medal of Honor, he returns to Georgia and lives a shadowy life as a drunk, golf being just a distant memory.
Don Juan DeMarco (1995)
, 1h40Directed by Jeremy Leven
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, Transgender in film, Films about psychiatry, Films set in psychiatric hospitals, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Marlon Brando, Johnny Depp, Faye Dunaway, Géraldine Pailhas, Bob Dishy, Franc Luz
Rating66%
Psychiatrist Jack Mickler (Marlon Brando) dissuades a would-be suicide—a 21-year-old, costumed like Zorro and claiming to be Don Juan (Johnny Depp), who is then held for a ten-day review in a mental institution. Mickler, who is about to retire, insists on doing the evaluation and conducts it without medicating the youth. "Don Juan" tells his story—born in Mexico, the death of his father, a year in a harem, and finding true love (and being rejected) on a remote island. Listening enlivens Mickler's relationship with his own wife, Marilyn (Faye Dunaway). As the ten days tick down and pressure mounts on Mickler to support the youth's indefinite confinement, finding reality within the romantic imagination becomes Jack's last professional challenge.
Creator (1985)
, 1h44Directed by Ivan Passer
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Romance
Themes Comedy science fiction films
Actors Peter O'Toole, Vincent Spano, Virginia Madsen, Mariel Hemingway, David Ogden Stiers, John Dehner
Roles Novel
Rating61%
Dr. Harry Wolper is an eccentric medical professor teaching at a small southern California college who is obsessed with making a clone of his wife Lucy who died in childbirth 30 years earlier. Harry hires Boris Lafkin, a struggling pre-med student as his personal assistant to help him with his experiments by obtaining lab equipment and working in his backyard shed in exchange for which Harry gives Boris love life advice in courting an attractive coed named Barbara whom slowly becomes smitten with Boris. To continue his research into cloning, Harry meets and employes a young woman, named Meli, who practically moves in with him on an agreement to contribute her ovary sample as part of the cloning progress. Meli slowly falls for the much older Harry whom begins to question his ethics and vision of true love. Meanwhile, a rival of Harry's, fellow medical professor Dr. Sid Kuhlenbeck, tries to investigate and hinder Harry's cloning plans as part of a ploy to remove Harry from the university to take over Harry's lab for himself.
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Girl on a Bicycle (2013)
, 1h41Directed by Jeremy Leven
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Nora Tschirner, Louise Monot, Paddy Considine, Stéphane Debac, Kellie Shirley, Brice Fournier
Roles Producer
Rating61%
Paolo (Vincenzo Amato), an Italian who drives a Paris tour bus, has just proposed to his true love, German stewardess, Greta (Nora Tschirner), when young French beauty, Cécile (Louise Monot) pulls up beside his bus on her bicycle – and, in short order, Paolo, following some very bad advice from his friend, Derek (Paddy Considine), finds himself with a German fiancée, a French “wife”, two Australian children who call him “Papa”, and his life upside-down.
Alex & Emma (2003)
, 1h36Directed by Rob Reiner
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about writers
Actors Kate Hudson, Luke Wilson, Sophie Marceau, David Paymer, Rob Reiner, Paul Willson
Roles Producer
Rating54%
Alex Sheldon (Luke Wilson) finds himself in a tricky situation. Locked in his creative process, he is entrapped in a disastrous economic situation: he is ruined, and he must repay a US$100,000 debt to the Cuban mafia. He is given a 30-day ultimatum to repay the money he owes them or they will kill him. And the only solution to this big problem is to finish his novel. Or rather, to start it, since he has not written one single line. But he has an idea for the story: A comedy about "the powerlessness of being in love, how love devours the insides of a person like a deadly virus".