leavitt created a series of wood sculptures devoted to famous film directors in 2016. "tim burton, alfred hitchcock and george lucas have all been treated to one of mike's makeovers, which involves merging stars from behind the silver screen with their most iconic on-screen characters" (creative boom) leavitt carved the 1/4 scale, 18 inch sculptures in wood and finished the carvings with acrylic paint. "king cuts" furthered the central themes in leavitt's art of exposing taste-makers behind the scenes, and work consuming a creator's body. "the lives of many great film directors are undoubtedly consumed by their work, intertwined with the stories, characters and settings they seek to convey." leavitt said, "i’m good at sculpting the likeness of a face, so it gets interesting when it’s a face maybe you wouldn’t recognize off the bat, but you know who it is. you know that person’s work. it’s the face behind the mask, the person behind the camera, the wizard behind the curtain."