What American comedy is directed by Blake Edwards and has special effects technician Leland "Lee" Zavitz woking on it?
Lee Zavitz Leland "Lee" Zavitz (August 20, 1904– June 2, 1977) was a special effects technician. He was born in Mount Vernon, Washington. His first major impact was for his work on John Ford's 1937 film, "The Hurricane". Zavitz's work on the 1950 space fantasy film "Destination Moon" won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. He also worked on films such as "Around the World in Eighty Days" (1956), "The Alamo" (1960), "Sodom and Gomorrah" (1963), "The Pink Panther" (1963) and John Frankenheimer's "The Train" (1964). His last film was Sydney Pollack's wartime chiller "Castle Keep" in 1969.
Elf (film) Elf is a 2003 American Christmas fantasy comedy film directed by Jon Favreau and written by David Berenbaum. It stars Will Ferrell, James Caan, Zooey Deschanel, Mary Steenburgen, Daniel Tay, Edward Asner, and Bob Newhart. It was released in the United States on November 7, 2003 by New Line Cinema. The story is about one of Santa's elves (Ferrell) who learns of his true identity as a human and goes to New York City to meet his biological father (Caan), spreading Christmas cheer in a world of cynics as he goes.