Jeremy Leven (born 1941) is an American screenwriter, director, producer, and novelist. Born in South Bend, Indiana, Leven lives in Woodbridge, Connecticut, Nantucket, and Paris. Leven was educated at St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland, Harvard University, the University of Connecticut and Yale University Medical School. While at Harvard he founded a satirical revue called The Proposition that ran for ten years in Cambridge, Massachusetts and off-Broadway. Leven's first novel, Creator, was published in 1980 and released as a film of the same title in 1985. Leven is a practicing clinical psychologist, a theme incorporated in his second novel, "Satan, His Psychotherapy and Cure by the Unfortunate Dr. Kassler, J.S.P.S., which was published in 1982 and filmed as Crazy as Hell in 2002. Leven wrote and directed Don Juan DeMarco (1995), wrote and produced Alex & Emma (2003), and wrote the screenplays for The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000) and The Notebook (2004). His screenplay for The Time Traveler's Wife was in production in 2007. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jeremy Leven, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- South Bend, Indiana, USA
- Writer, director and producer
- 10 on MovieCove · 11 credits in all
What are Jeremy Leven's films like?
Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 8
A split, not a type: Light 6 · Serious 1 · Dark 2
A split, not a type: Grounded 5 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 0
A split, not a type: Gentle 6 · Charged 2 · Intense 1
Steady 8 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 1
Slow burn 8 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0
Casual 8 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0
A split, not a type: Easy watch 4 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 3
Resolved 7 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet6
- Tragic1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Jeremy Leven's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (4).
Subscription and free streaming for Jeremy Leven's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
11 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page.
Girl on a Bicycle(2013)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Wer's glaubt, wird selig(2012)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
Real Steel(2011)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
My Sister's Keeper(2009)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
The Notebook(2004)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
Alex & Emma(2003)
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films
Crazy as Hell(2002)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Don Juan DeMarco(1994)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
Playing for Keeps (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)
Creator(1985)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 11 titles from 1985 to 2013.
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Jeremy Leven's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 59th percentile, the median of all 10; across their 9 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 52nd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th3
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
6 of their 10 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Crowd Pleaser6
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the dialogue 55/100 and the plot and story 43/100 in their films, across 8 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Jeremy Leven's work okay for kids?
Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Jeremy Leven work with?
People who share at least 2 of Jeremy Leven's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Nick Cassavetes shares the most, 2.
Directors
- Nick CassavetesShared titles: My Sister's Keeper (2009), The Notebook (2004)See all 2 shared titles with Nick Cassavetes
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Robert FraisseShared titles: Girl on a Bicycle (2013), The Notebook (2004)See all 2 shared titles with Robert Fraisse
- Aaron ZigmanShared titles: My Sister's Keeper (2009), The Notebook (2004)See all 2 shared titles with Aaron Zigman
- Alan HeimShared titles: My Sister's Keeper (2009), The Notebook (2004)See all 2 shared titles with Alan Heim
Producers
- Maren BouwerShared titles: Girl on a Bicycle (2013), Wer's glaubt, wird selig (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Maren Bouwer
- Max WiedemannShared titles: Girl on a Bicycle (2013), Wer's glaubt, wird selig (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Max Wiedemann
- Quirin BergShared titles: Girl on a Bicycle (2013), Wer's glaubt, wird selig (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Quirin Berg
- Mark JohnsonShared titles: My Sister's Keeper (2009), The Notebook (2004)See all 2 shared titles with Mark Johnson
