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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Leon_GastLeon Gast - Wikipedia

    Leon Jacques Gast (March 30, 1936 – March 8, 2021) [1] 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.

  2. 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...

  3. www.imdb.com › name › nm0309382Leon Gast - IMDb

    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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    • Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
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    • Woodstock, New York, USA
  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

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  8. Mar 8, 2021 · Leon Gast, the veteran filmmaker who won a Documentary Feature Oscar for helming the 1996 “Rumble in the Jungle” pic When We Were Kings, died Monday. He was 85.