Leopold, Stratton 1943–

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Leopold, Stratton 1943–

PERSONAL

Full name, Stratton P. Leopold; born May 13, 1943, in Savannah, GA; son of Peter Louis and Marika (maiden name, Minakakis) Leopold. Education: Vanderbilt University, B.A., 1965; Armstrong University, graduate study.

Addresses: Manager— Marsh, Best & Associates, 9150 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 220, Los Angeles, CA 90212–3429.

Career: Producer and actor. Worked as a production manager, location manager, assistant director, and casting director. Leopold's Ice Cream (ice cream parlor), Savannah, GA, owner and operator; Music Intelligence Solutions, Inc., member of the advisory board.

Member: Directors Guild of America, Explorers Club.

CREDITS

Film Executive Producer:

Born Yesterday, Buena Vista, 1993.

Bound by Honor (also known as Blood In … Blood Out and Blood In, Blood Out … Bound by Honor), Buena Vista, 1993.

The Sum of All Fears (also known as Der Anschlag), Paramount, 2002.

Paycheck, Paramount, 2003.

Mission: Impossible III (also known as Heyday, M:i:III, and M: i: III), Paramount, 2006.

L.A. Actors(short film), 2008.

Film Producer:

Too Scared to Scream(also known as The Doorman), International Film Marketing, 1985.

Dead as a Doorman (also known as Doorman), 1986.

Supervising producer, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (also known as Die Abenteuer des Baron von Muenchhausen), Columbia, 1988.

Coproducer, The General's Daughter (also known as Wehrlos—Die Tochter des Generals), Paramount, 1999.

Bless the Child (also known as Die Prophezeiung), Paramount, 2000.

Red Thread, Savannah College of Art & Design/Teddy Sharkova Pashikov, 2005.

Red Soil, Turning Point Pictures, 2009.

Line producer, Star Trek (also known as Corporate Headquarters, Star Trek XI, and Star Trek Zero), Paramount, 2009.

Film Production Manager:

(Uncredited) Assistant production manager, Wise Blood (also known as John Huston's"Wise Blood," Der Ketzer, and Die Weisheit des Blutes), New Line Cinema, 1979.

Door to Door (also known as Dust Busters), Castle Hill Productions, 1985.

Man Outside, Samuel Goldwyn Company, 1986.

The Mosquito Coast, Warner Bros., 1986.

Illegally Yours, Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer, 1988.

Some sources cite work as a production manager for other films, including The Long Run.

Film Unit Production Manager:

Prince of Darkness (also known as John Carpenter's "Prince of Darkness"), Universal, 1987.

They Live! (also known as John Carpenter's "They Live" and They Live), Universal, 1988.

Tango & Cash, Warner Bros., 1989.

The General's Daughter (also known as Wehrlos—Die Tochter des Generals), Paramount, 1999.

Bless the Child(also known as Die Prophezeiung), Paramount, 2000.

The Sum of All Fears(also known as Der Anschlag), Paramount, 2002.

Paycheck, Paramount, 2003.

Film Location Manager:

Hopscotch, Avco–Embassy Pictures, 1980.

The Big Chill, Columbia, 1983.

Door to Door (also known as Dust Busters), Castle Hill Productions, 1985.

Film Assistant Director:

There Was a Little Girl (also known as And When She Was Bad, Flesh and the Beast, Madhouse, and Scared to Death), 1981.

L'ultimo squalo (also known as Great White, The Last Jaws, The Last Shark, and Shark), 1981, dubbed version released by Film Ventures International, 1982.

Film Casting Work:

Casting director, Wise Blood (also known as John Huston's "Wise Blood," Der Ketzer, and Die Weisheit des Blutes), New Line Cinema, 1979.

Casting: Georgia, There Was a Little Girl (also known as And When She Was Bad, Flesh and the Beast, Madhouse, and Scared to Death), 1981.

Casting of local extras, Stoker Ace, Universal, 1983.

Casting, Tank, Universal, 1984.

Film Boom Operator:

False Face (also known as Scalpel), United International, 1977.

Film Appearances:

Laundry Sam, The Farmer (also known as Blazing Revenge), Columbia, 1975.

Kiss of the Tarantula (also known as Shudder), 1976.

Wise Blood (also known as John Huston's "Wise Blood," Der Ketzer, and Die Weisheit des Blutes), New Line Cinema, 1979.

Publisher, Storie di ordinaria follia (also known as Tales of Ordinary Madness and Conte de la folie ordinaire), Fred Baker Films, 1982.

Depressed human, They Live! (also known as John Carpenter's "They Live" and They Live), Universal, 1988.

Himself, The Promise of Tomorrow, Part Two (documentary), Society of Southern California, 2008.

According to some sources, appeared as a buddy in Man Outside, Samuel Goldwyn Company, 1986.

Television Producer and Production Manager; Miniseries:

The Big One: The Great Los Angeles Earthquake (also known as The Great Los Angeles Earthquake), NBC, 1990.

Television Coproducer; Movies:

The Rose and the Jackal, TNT, 1990.

The Pathfinder, Showtime, 1996.

Television Manager; Movies:

Location manager, The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd, CBS, 1980.

Unit production manager, The Rose and the Jackal, TNT, 1990.

Television Casting Work; Movies:

Casting: Georgia, Coward of the County, CBS, 1981.

Location casting, The Baron and the Kid, CBS, 1984.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Catering Impossible: M:i:III, Food Network, 2006.

OTHER SOURCES

Books:

Schoonover, Jason, editor, Adventurous Dreams, Adventurous Lives, forward by Maeve Leakey, Rocky Mountain Books, 2007.

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