Jeremy Leven

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Nationality: American
Birthdate: 08/16/1941
Birthplace: South Bend, Indiana, USA

biography

Psychologist, novelist and Harvard professor turned director of Hollywood films with his directorial debut, the romantic fantasy "Don Juan DeMarco" (1995). Leven began his entertainment career in Boston during the late 1960s founding the political revue group The Proposition, which helped launch the careers of "SNL" alum Jane Curtin and "The Love Boat"'s Fred Grandy. Leven went on to graduate work to train for the heady world of psychotherapy where he remained until 1985 when his first novel, "The Creator" was made into a feature starring Peter O'Toole. This also marked Leven's debut as a Continued

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2003
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milestones

Year
Milestone
1968 
Founded a satirical revue called The Proposition, which ran in Cambridge, MA and Off-Broadway
1980 
Published first novel, Creator
1982 
Published second novel, Satan, His Psychotherapy and Cure by the Unfortunate Dr. Kassler, J.S.P.S.
1985 
First produced screenplay, "Creator"; based on his novel of the same name
1986 
Co-scripted with Harvey and Bob Weinstein, "Playing for Keeps"; first film directed by the Weinstein brothers
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