Boris Leven

Birthday: Aug 13, 1908 Date of death: Oct 11, 1986

Place of birth: Moscow, Russia

Boris Leven was a Russian-born Academy Award-winning art director and production designer whose Hollywood career spanned fifty-three years. Born in Moscow in the family of Israel Levin and Zinaida Narkirier, Leven emigrated to the United States in 1927 and became a naturalized citizen in 1938.