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Leon Ichaso

  • Birthplace: Havana, Cuba
  • Birthday: August 3, 1948

A Cuban-born director whose work specializes in gritty urban realism, Leon Ichaso first made his mark with the independently made Spanish-language feature, "El Super" (1979), based on an Off-Broadway play about an immigrant building superintendent trying to make his way in New York City. It took six years for the filmmaker to follow up on this admirably honest and low-key study, but "Crossover Dreams" (1985), was a fine first shot at a somewhat more mainstream film. Marred somewhat by a conventional story of how a musician c…more

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Music
  • Zooman

    Song ("We're All That We've Got")

  • Zooman

    Song ( We re All That We ve Got )

Career Milestones

  • 2007

    Directed the biopic "El Cantante" starring Marc Anthony as Puerto Rican salsa singer Hector Lavoe

  • 2001

    Helmed "Pinero", a biopic of poet and playwright Miguel Pinero with Benjamin Bratt in the lead

  • 2000

    Helmed the biopic "Ali: An American Hero" (Fox)

  • 2000

    Served as director of the Showtime biopic "Hendrix", about rock great Jimi Hendrix

  • 1999

    Directed the Showtime adaptation of Emily Mann's stage play "Execution of Justice", about the murders of George Mosconi and Harvey Milk and the subsequent trial of Dan White

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