 His father Frank was a filmmaker and cinematographer who served as a gaffer and lighting technician on low-budget B-movies like "The Violent Years", "Frankenstein's Daughter", and "Beyond the Time Barrier".Leonetti began his career working on a number of projects with his father, serving as a camera operator on films like "Adam at 6 A.M." and "The Organization".He soon fell in with Jerry Jameson, a prolific television director who dabbled in feature films.