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- Birth nameLeonard Gregory Kastle
- Leonard Kastle was born on February 11, 1929 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a director and writer, known for The Honeymoon Killers (1970), NBC Television Opera Theatre (1949) and The Making of Wedding at Cana. He died on May 18, 2011 in Westerlo, New York, USA.
- He was born in the Bronx, New York and raised in Mount Vernon, New York. He studied piano and composition at the Mannes Music School in Manhattan now Mannes College. He studied composition with Gian Carlo Menotti at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where he earned his Bachelor's degree in 1950.
- He is survived by his niece, Cecelia Levin and sister Norma Kastle Merker of San Francisco, California.
- [on why he never made a film since 1969] I have six or seven screenplays, and maybe something will happen. But one thing I can always say--and not every director can say this--I never made a bad film after 'Honeymoon Killers.'
- [on the 1967 film, "Bonnie and Clyde] I was revolted by that movie. I didn't want to show beautiful shots of beautiful people.
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