Leon Gast

“[My cousin] Peter invited me to Columbia one afternoon and join him in a class he knew I’d enjoy…The History of Film. And what did we see the day I attended, but Nanook of the North. Now Nanook happens to be the Iliad and the Odyssey of documentary film rolled into one. And it blew my fucking mind. Yes! I had that…this is what I want to do! moment.”