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name: "Leon Capetanos"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/leon-capetanos"
fi1m_id: "leon-capetanos"
imdb_id: "nm0135117"
tmdb_id: 61243
wikidata_id: "Q95803018"
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T19:51:19.948164+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Leon Capetanos

## Identity

Leon Capetanos

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/leon-capetanos
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** leon-capetanos
- **IMDb ID:** nm0135117
- **TMDB ID:** 61243
- **Wikidata ID:** Q95803018
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95803018, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0135117/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/61243

Writer. Born in Raleigh, North Carolina.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95803018, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0135117/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/61243

## Biography

Leon Capetanos is an American screenwriter. A graduate of the University of North Carolina with a degree in poetry, he moved to Hollywood after interning in the screenwriting department at Universal Studios.

He is known for his screenplays for *The Gumball Rally* (1976), *Tempest* (1982), *Moscow on the Hudson* (1984), *Down and Out in Beverly Hills* (1986), *Moon Over Parador* (1988) and *Fletch Lives* (1989). Capetanos frequently collaborated with director Paul Mazursky on several of these films.

Later in his career he returned to his native North Carolina and has written novels, including the young adult title *The Time Box*.

*Sources: imdb.com, waltermagazine.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Down and Out in Beverly Hills* (1986), Fi1m 65, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/down-and-out-in-beverly-hills.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

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

- *Fletch Lives* (1989), Writer
- *Moon Over Parador* (1988), Screenplay
- *Down and Out in Beverly Hills* (1986), Screenplay — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/down-and-out-in-beverly-hills.md)
- *Moscow on the Hudson* (1984), Writer
- *Tempest* (1982), Writer
- *American Playhouse* (1982), series, Writer
- *Greased Lightning* (1977), Writer
- *The Gumball Rally* (1976), Screenplay, Story, Associate Producer
- *Summer Run* (1974), Director, Writer
- *Dirty O'Neil* (1974), Director, Writer, Executive Producer
- *Secret Life of a Schoolgirl Wife* (1971), Director, Writer

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