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name: "Harold Leventhal"
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roles: ["Producer"]
born: "24 May 1919"
died: "4 October 2005"
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average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T05:50:43.937622+00:00"
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# Harold Leventhal

Producer. Born 24 May 1919 in Ellenville. Died 4 October 2005.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 24 May 1919, Ellenville
- **Died:** 4 October 2005
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Leventhal, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5661496, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0505294/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/81518

## Biography

Harold Leventhal (24 May 1919 – 4 October 2005) was an American music manager and film producer. Born in Ellenville, New York, he began his career as a song plugger for Irving Berlin and later worked with Benny Goodman before becoming a prominent figure in American folk music.

Leventhal managed artists including Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Joan Baez and Bob Dylan, and promoted major concerts. He co-produced the biographical film *Bound for Glory* (1976), which received an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture, and was involved in the production of *Alice's Restaurant* (1969). He also produced documentaries such as *Wasn't That a Time!* (1982) and theatre works.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, thetimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Bound for Glory* (1976), Fi1m 71, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/bound-for-glory.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *This Land Is Your Land: The Animated Kids' Songs of Woody Guthrie* (1997), Executive Producer
- *We Shall Overcome* (1989), Producer
- *A Vision Shared: A Tribute to Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly* (1988), Producer
- *The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time* (1982), Producer
- *Bound for Glory* (1976), Producer — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/bound-for-glory.md)
- *Alice's Restaurant* (1969), Producer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1977: Best Picture (nominated), for *Bound for Glory*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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