 In 1979, Leonetti shot his first big-budget theatrical film in the form of the Academy Award-winning "Breaking Away", directed by Peter Yates.Three years later, he shot the Academy Award-nominated "Poltergeist", where he was responsible for creating many of the film's iconic images.This proved to be his big break, and in the following years he quickly became one of the most prolific and accomplished DPs in the film industry, shooting films like "Fast Times at Ridgemont High", "Weird Science", "Commando," and "Jagged Edge".