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In 1965, Leon Capetanos, a UNC graduate from Raleigh with a poetry degree, answered a call to make a difference in the world. He embarked on a year of building welfare, education, and health programs in poor, rural North Carolina communities.
Leon Capetanos is known for Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986), Dirty O'Neil (1974) and Moscow on the Hudson (1984).
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Leon Capetanos is known as an Writer, Screenplay, Director, Associate Producer, and Story. Some of his work includes Fletch Lives, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Moscow on the Hudson, Moon Over Parador, The Gumball Rally, Greased Lightning, Tempest, and Dirty O'Neil.
LEON CAPETANOS. BORN RALEIGH, NC. GRADUATED FROM BROUGHTON HS. UNC CHAPEL HILL, BA IN ENGLISH 1962. Honors in Creative Writing. Carolina Quarterly Poetry Award. UNC CHAPEL HILL, MA in Mass Communication. MCA screenwriting Fellow. UNIVERSAL STUDIOS New Talent Program in 1966.
May 29, 2016 · A WUNC interview with screenwriter-novelist Leon Capetanos whose movie credits include Moscow on the Hudson, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, and Moon Over Parador. I met Leon years ago. He was a very…
Nov 17, 2015 · Young at heart screenwriter-turned-novelest Leon Capetanos captures a simpler time, with the real emotional and intellectual obsessions of brand new teenagers that we still remember clear as yesterday -- and sometimes cringe remembering.
Jul 26, 2016 · Leon Capetanos had a successful screenwriting career ien Hollywood for more than three decades. Here is is in his home office in Los Angeles.
