Leon Jacques Gast was an American documentary film director, producer, cinematographer and editor, born in Jersey City, New Jersey, on 30 March 1936 and died on 8 March 2021. His documentary When We Were Kings depicts the heavyweight boxing match known as the Rumble in the Jungle between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman. Within this atlas Leon Gast is credited on When We Were Kings. These details are drawn from the English Wikipedia article Leon Gast, which this entry cites as its source.
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Leon Jacques Gast (March 30, 1936, March 8, 2021) was an American documentary film director, producer, cinematographer, and editor.
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The film won the award for best director of a documentary at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival.
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When We Were Kings is a 1996 American documentary film directed by Leon Gast about the "Rumble in the Jungle" heavyweight championship boxing match that was held on October 30, 1974, in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) between world heavyweight champion George Foreman and
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