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A Triangle-based Hollywood screenwriter launches Act II. by J essie Ammons. photographs by Nick Pironio. In 1965, Leon Capetanos, a UNC graduate from Raleigh with a poetry degree, answered a call to make a difference in the world. He embarked on a year of building welfare, education, and health programs in poor, rural North Carolina communities.
Leon Capetanos. Writer: Down and Out in Beverly Hills. Leon Capetanos is known for Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986), Dirty O'Neil (1974) and Moscow on the Hudson (1984).
Leon Capetanos. Writer. Director. Producer. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Leon Capetanos is known for Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986), Dirty O'Neil (1974) and Moscow on the Hudson (1984). Add photos, demo reels. Add to list. More at IMDbPro Contact info & Agent info.
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Leon Capetanos is known as an Writer, Screenplay, Director, Associate Producer, and Story. Some of his work includes Fletch Lives, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Moscow on the Hudson, Moon Over Parador, The Gumball Rally, Greased Lightning, Tempest, and Dirty O'Neil.
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Love in the Time of Cholera,I hadn’t read it and always wanted to. I’m also almost finished with the Hamilton biography by Chernow. I’m reading short stories by the Russian writer, Anton Chekhov. He’s known for being a playwright, he’s great. His short stories are fabulous, as good as it gets. I read whatever I can get my hands on. I can read Greek...
I was living in Los Angeles but owned the property on Hillsborough St. This guy reached out to me, David, and said he wanted to open a coffee shop there. This was about 30 years ago, before Starbucks. Honestly, I had to think about it. There were a few coffee houses in LA but they were what CupAJoe is now. It was for younger kids. I said to my frie...
I went by the other day. They’re so organized! They’re selling the coffee and keep everyone 6-feet apart. But what I saw was people had bought the coffee, parked their cars and were chatting. Customers had reorganized themselves in the parking lot, it was so nice. It shows that there’s still a thirst for that community.
I had done a photo project similarly mounted in LA at a breakfast place I frequented and it was a big success. I one day remember looking around CupAJoe at all these different people from different ethnic and religious backgrounds, different sexualities- they all are welcome and accepted there for what they are. I wanted to document that.
We had a studio behind a storage building behind the tattoo shop. I wanted them as them, as they were. I’d talk to them and keep them relaxed and calm and see if they’d like to participate. I think I might have only had one or two people say no. I didn’t know half the people I photographed. Id’ say hello in the morning and I’d get to know them. The...
The students were more interesting than you thought, you pick up this nature of the person. There was a woman studying computer science from Saudi Arabia who was planning to return there after graduation. I enjoyed talking to Frank Harmon,an architect who is a wonderful artist and has his own book. I was being enriched by the process. Once the phot...
A regular latte. At different times, I get up in the morning and head there. There are certain groups of people that sit together. You get into your group and it’s these symbiotic relationships, like the coffee version of cheers. The greatest part of it is just to be in there.
It would take more than three words to describe CupaJoe but I’ll try: inclusive, comfortable, interesting—and great coffee.
May 29, 2016 · A WUNC interview with screenwriter-novelist Leon Capetanos whose movie credits include Moscow on the Hudson, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, and Moon Over Parador. I met Leon years ago. He was a very…
Jul 26, 2016 · Leon Capetanos. 3 of 3. After more than three decades in Hollywood, Leon Capetanos moved home to Cary and recently penned his debut novel 'The Time Box.'. Leon Capetanos. This show originally ...
