Born in Ellentown, NY. Harold Leventhal had a varied career as a personal manager, music publisher, theatrical and film producer, and concert promoter. He first started in the music business in 1939 working as a "song plugger" for the Irving Berlin Music Co. After his Tin Pan Alley days, he was drawn to folk music and soon was working with Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, and The Almanac Singers. Because of his instincts for the business side of music, Leventhal took on the role of organizing concerts and events, as well as publisher for many artists. In 1950, he became personal manager for Pete Seeger and The Weavers. In the course of time Harold represented such outstanding artists as Cisco Houston, Judy Collins, The Tarriers, Theodore Bikel, Alan Arkin and Arlo Guthrie. From 1954, he represented the interests of Woody Guthrie and the Guthrie family. As a concert promoter, Leventhal was the first to bring folk music artists to the stages of New York's great concert halls, presenting The Weavers, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem, and Joni Mitchell. He can be considered New York's first world music promoter, introducing Ravi Shankar in concert at Carnegie Hall, and many other artists from all over the world as well. Leventhal was also involved in movie production, including BOUND FOR GLORY about Woody Guthrie, which in 1976 received two Academy Awards®. He was producer of the Arthur Penn film ALICE'S RESTAURANT starring Arlo Guthrie. In documentary films, he co-produced the classic film about The Weavers' reunion, WASN'T THAT A TIME, and in 1989 received an Emmy® Award for the television film WE SHALL OVERCOME. Harold received a Grammy® Award as producer of the Columbia record "Tribute to Woody Guthrie and Lead Belly" in the same year. He continued to work with Pete Seeger and the Guthrie estate and was active with many production and publishing projects. He was tireless in his half-century devotion to folk music and the people who create and perform it, while setting an example through his ethical treatment of them and their creative endeavors. In 2002, he received the Folk Alliance Lifetime Achievement Award.  Nominated for Best Picture 1976: BOUND FOR GLORY - Producer (w. Robert F. Blumofe) 1 nomination