Neil Leifer is a director and producer, known for You Write Better Than You Play: The Best of Frank DeFord (2005), Trading Hearts (1988) and Scout's Honor (1999).
New York City, United States, , www.neilleifer.com
Profession
Director, Producer, Miscellaneous Crew
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
ESPN Films
2015
TV Series 1 episode
Dark Light: The Art of Blind Photographers
2009
Documentary short
Portraits of a Lady
2008
TV Movie documentary
What About Sal?
2008
TV Short
God's Gift
2006
Short
You Write Better Than You Play: The Best of Frank DeFord
2005
TV Movie documentary
Scout's Honor
1999
Short
Trading Hearts
1988
Yesterday's Hero
1979
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend
2011
Documentary consulting producer
Dark Light: The Art of Blind Photographers
2009
Documentary short producer
Portraits of a Lady
2008
TV Movie documentary producer
God's Gift
2006
Short producer
Picture Perfect: The Stories Behind the Greatest Photos in Sports
2002
TV Movie documentary producer
Scout's Honor
1999
Short producer
The Great White Hype
1996
co-producer
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Lombardi
2010
TV Movie documentary photos
The Greatest Game Ever Played
2008
TV Movie courtesy
The Making of 'Ali'
2001
TV Movie documentary photos
Bamboozled
2000
photographs: "Muhammad Ali", "HankAaron", "Kareem Abdul Jabbar", "Michael Jordan", "Willie Mays", "Mike Tyson" and "1968 Olympics, Mexico City" used by kind permission of
Biography
1994
TV Series documentary archive source - 1 episode
American Angels: Baptism of Blood
1989
source: archival material
Camera Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Greatest Boxer: Muhammad Ali
2000
TV Movie documentary still photographer
Baseball
1994
TV Mini-Series documentary photography - 1 episode
Rocky III
1982
special photographer
F.I.S.T.
1978
special photography
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Quiz Show
1994
Psychoanalyst
Trading Hearts
1988
Bar Patron
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
God's Gift
2006
Short
You Write Better Than You Play: The Best of Frank DeFord
2005
TV Movie documentary
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Bamboozled
2000
thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Munich'72 and Beyond
2016
Documentary
Himself
Today
2016
TV Series
Himself
Smash His Camera
2010
Documentary
Himself
Sport: Iooss and Leifer
2009
Documentary short
Himself
The Greatest Game Ever Played
2008
TV Movie
Himself - 1958 NFL Championship Photographer
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel
2005
TV Series
Himself Story 3: In Focus
The Best of Leifer
2002
TV Movie documentary
Himself
ESPN SportsCentury
2001
TV Series documentary
Himself
Good Morning America
1992
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2003
Emmy
Sports Emmy Awards
Outstanding Sports Documentary
The Best of Leifer (2002)
Known for movies
You Write Better Than You Play: The Best of Frank DeFord (2005) as Director
$600,000
