Andrew Leavold
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Known For
The Search for Weng Weng
The bizarre history of Filipino B-films, as told through filmmaker Andrew Leavold's personal quest to find the truth behind its midget James Bond superstar Weng Weng.
Philippine Soldiers: The Action Films of Teddy Page
TEDDY PAGE (real name Teddy Chiu) is one of my favourite trash film directors. Throughout the 1980s he made some of the most entertaining, low-budget, explosive action jungle films you will ever see. With the help of certified Weng Wengologist and Filipino film expert ANDREW LEAVOLD ("The Search For Weng Weng"), I explore the English language action films tha Teddy churned out between 1983-1995.
Film Safari Ghana
FILM SAFARI GHANA explores Australian critic and filmmaker Andrew Leavold’s obsession with the work of Ghanaian action movie sensation Samuel “Ninja” Nkansah. Journeying to Kumasi to meet his hero, Andrew is soon acting in the starring-role of Ninja's slavery-themed action movie, WHITE DEVIL. Witness the birth of a partnership between two of the world's most maverick directors as they hatch a plan to reteam in Ghana to shoot Leavold’s dream-film, a four-foot kung-fu remake of THE HARDER THEY COME.