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Leon Jacques Gast (March 30, 1936 – March 8, 2021) was an American documentary film director, producer, cinematographer, and editor. His documentary, When We Were Kings depicts the iconic heavyweight boxing match: The Rumble in the Jungle between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman .
Mar 12, 2021 · Leon Gast, a filmmaker whose 22-year quest to make “When We Were Kings,” a documentary about Muhammad Ali and George Foreman’s epic 1974 boxing match, involved a Liberian shell company, the Hells...
Mar 8, 2021 · Leon Gast, the celebrated Oscar-winning documentarian behind When We Were Kings, which chronicled the 1974 “Rumble in the Jungle” bout between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman, has died. He was 85.
Mar 9, 2021 · Leon Gast, who made the acclaimed film about the 1974 Ali-Foreman boxing match in Zaire, passed away on Monday. He was a pioneer of sports and music documentaries, and a co-founder of Woodstock Film Festival.
Leon Gast was born on 30 March 1936 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. He was a director and producer, known for When We Were Kings (1996), Smash His Camera (2010) and The Trials of Muhammad Ali (2013). He was married to Geri Spolan. He died on 8 March 2021 in Woodstock, New York, USA.
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Mar 9, 2021 · Filmmaker Leon Gast, whose documentary When We Were Kings won an Academy Award, died Monday at age 85. Gast's death was announced by his friend Meira Blaustein in a Facebook post.
Mar 9, 2021 · Leon Gast, the Oscar-winning director behind the acclaimed boxing documentary When We Were Kings, has passed away at the age of 85. News of Gast’s passing was first shared by close ...