Biography
Winner of twenty-four international awards in film, television, and theatre. Directed short-films include "The Last Mohican" with Alan Arkin which opened the first New York Film Festival (1964), "Bach to Bach," with Mike Nichols and Elaine May (1967), "The Anatomy of Cindy Fink (1968), "Sunday Father" with Dustin Hoffman (1969), "I Never Promised You A Long Run," with Terry Kiser and Rose Gregorio (1971), and "The Reason Why" written by Arthur Miller and starring Eli Wallach and Robert Ryan. Feature film credits as 2nd AD include, "Rosemary's Baby," (1968), "The Odd Couple" (1968), "On A Clear Day You Can See Forever" (1970), Desperate Characters (1971), and "Hail" (1972). Television Movies of the Week as producer and/or director for NBC and ABC, include, "The Scottsboro Boys," (1976), "The Disappearance of Sister Aimee," (1976), Sargent Matlovich vs. The U.S. Air Force," (1978), and "Top Secret,"(1978) with Bill Cosby.
Paul Leaf graduated from City College of New York with Honors majoring in theatre. He attended the Arts Students League and studied painting with Yasua Kuniyoshi and later enrolled in the Kunst Academie in Stuttgart, Germany. He is the author of one novel entitled , "Comrades," and has taught at USC as a lecturer in their "Adaptations," Professional Writers Program. His extensive work in theatre included 34 Broadway and Off-Broadway shows (see Other).
