Career
As part of his career, he has devoted over 20 years to the work of George Pal. In addition, he produced other works focusing on Pal including The Puppetoon Movie. In 2002 he served as the executive producer for The Time Machine.
Leibovit had earlier obtained the rights to the H.G. Wells book and the 1960 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer motion picture through the George Pal estate.
This film was produced under the direction of Wells" great-grandson Simon Wells. Arnold Leibovit was born and raised in south Florida, a child of Hungarian ancestry.
George Pal was also Hungarian and had fled from Germany to Holland and then to the United States as Hitler was beginning his reign in Europe. Leibovit became interested in Pal and his movies and, as he embarked on his career in filmmaking, Pal rose to the top of his interests.
In 1986, he produced the first and only filmed documentary of the life of George Pal.