David Leveaux

David Leveaux (born 13 December 1957) is a British theatre director who has been nominated for five Tony Awards as director of both plays and musicals. He directs in the UK, working at the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Almeida Theatre, and the Donmar Warehouse, on Broadway, and also in Tokyo. Leveaux made his film directorial debut with The Exception, which was released by A24 in 2017. Early life Leveaux was born in Leicester and raised in Derby in the Midlands, the son of a cardiologist. He read English language and literature at Manchester University. Career In his early 20s, Leveaux became assistant to Peter Gill at Riverside Studios. When the Studios became bankrupt he was one of a group who occupied the building illegally to keep it running until it was reestablished legitimately. While taking a break in New York City, he discovered Eugene O'Neill's play, A Moon for the Misbegotten, and revived it at Riverside, starring Frances de la Tour and Ian Bannen. The production transferred to the West End and Broadway (1984). Bannen again starred, opposite Kate Nelligan in the Broadway version.