DIRECTOR
Barry Levinson
Known for American Playhouse
Barry Lee Levinson (born April 6, 1942) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Levinson won the Academy Award for Best Director for Rain Man (1988). His other best-known works are Diner (1982), The Natural (1984), Good Morning, Vietnam (1987), Bugsy (1991), and Wag the Dog (1997). In 2021, he co-executive produced the Hulu miniseries Dopesick and directed the first two episodes. Description above from the Wikipedia…
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- Born
- Apr 6, 1942
- Birthplace
- Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Known For
- Directing
Biography
Barry Lee Levinson (born April 6, 1942) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Levinson won the Academy Award for Best Director for Rain Man (1988). His other best-known works are Diner (1982), The Natural (1984), Good Morning, Vietnam (1987), Bugsy (1991), and Wag the Dog (1997). In 2021, he co-executive produced the Hulu miniseries Dopesick and directed the first two episodes.
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Known For
Filmography
Movies
The CatholicsProducer
1973
Street GirlsWriter
1975
Silent MovieExecutive
1976Silent MovieScreenplay
1976
High AnxietyDennis - Bellboy
1977High AnxietyWriter
1977
Peeping TimesDirector
1978Peeping TimesWriter
1978
...And Justice for AllWriter
1979
Inside MovesScreenplay
1980
History of the World: Part IColumn Salesman - The Roman Empire
1981
Best FriendsWriter
1982
DinerDirector
1982DinerWriter
1982
TootsieAdditional Writing
1982
DinerDirector
1983DinerWriter
1983DinerExecutive Producer
1983
The NaturalDirector
1984
Unfaithfully YoursScreenplay
1984DP
Displaced PersonProducer
1985
Young Sherlock HolmesDirector
1985
Good Morning, VietnamDirector
1987
Tin MenDirector
1987Tin MenWriter
1987
Rain ManDirector
1988
AvalonProducer
1990AvalonDirector
1990AvalonWriter
1990
BugsyDirector
1991BugsyProducer
1991
KafkaExecutive Producer
1991
ToysProducer
1992ToysDirector
1992ToysWriter
1992
DisclosureProducer
1994DisclosureDirector
1994
Jimmy HollywoodDirector of 'Life Story'
1994Jimmy HollywoodDirector
1994Jimmy HollywoodWriter
1994Jimmy HollywoodProducer
1994
Quiz ShowDave Garroway
1994
Robbie Robertson: A Retrospective - From the Band to the Rock'n'Roll Hall Of FameSelf
1994
A Little PrincessExecutive Producer
1995
Robbie Robertson: Going HomeSelf
1995
SleepersScreenplay
1996SleepersDirector
1996SleepersProducer
1996
Donnie BrascoProducer
1997
Sports on the Silver ScreenSelf (archive footage)
1997
The Second Civil WarExecutive Producer
1997
Wag the DogMan at a Movie Studio (uncredited)
1997Wag the DogDirector
1997Wag the DogProducer
1997
Home FriesProducer
1998
SphereDirector
1998SphereProducer
1998
Diner: On The Flip SideSelf
1999
Liberty HeightsWriter
1999Liberty HeightsDirector
1999Liberty HeightsProducer
1999OD
Original Diner GuysProducer
1999OD
Original Diner GuysDirector
1999
Yesterday's TomorrowsExecutive Producer
1999Yesterday's TomorrowsDirector
1999
An Everlasting PieceDirector
2000An Everlasting PieceProducer
2000
Homicide: The MovieExecutive Producer
2000
BanditsProducer
2001BanditsDirector
2001
Shot in the HeartExecutive Producer
2001TH
The Heart of 'The Natural'Self
2001
Analyze ThatExecutive Producer
2002
PossessionProducer
2002
Deliver Us from EvaExecutive Producer
2003
AitraazOriginal Story
2004
EnvyDirector
2004EnvyProducer
2004
Strip SearchExecutive Producer
2004
The OutsiderSelf
2005
Man of the YearDirector
2006Man of the YearWriter
2006
The Road to Damascus: The Reinvention of Bugsy SiegelSelf
2006
Bee MovieMartin Benson (voice)
2007
Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of SeparationSelf
2008
What Just HappenedDirector
2008What Just HappenedProducer
2008
PoliWoodDirector
2009
The Band That Wouldn't DieSelf
2009The Band That Wouldn't DieDirector
2009
You Don't Know JackDirector
2010You Don't Know JackExecutive Producer
2010
Side by SideSelf
2012
The BayDirector
2012The BayProducer
2012
Muhammad Ali's Greatest FightJustice Potter Stewart
2013
Phil SpectorExecutive Producer
2013
The HumblingDirector
2014The HumblingProducer
2014
Rock the KasbahDirector
2015
The Natural: The Best There Ever WasSelf
2016
The Wizard of LiesDirector
2017The Wizard of LiesExecutive Producer
2017
PaternoExecutive Producer
2018PaternoDirector
2018
Stars and StrifeSelf
2020Stars and StrifeExecutive Producer
2020
Dean Martin: King of CoolSelf
2021
Here TodaySelf
2021
Kreka: DreamcatcherSelf
2021
Malcolm & MarieThanks
2021
EnnioSelf
2022
Hans Zimmer: Hollywood RebelSelf
2022
The SurvivorProducer
2022The SurvivorDirector
2022
America's BurningExecutive Producer
2024
MegalopolisThanks
2024
American SweatshopProducer
2025
The Alto KnightsDirector
2025The Alto KnightsProducer
2025
Euphoria: A Look BackSelf
2026AL
A LifeDirector
AL
A LifeScreenplay
A
AssassinationDirector
DO
Diamonds on the Silver ScreenSelf
Television
Spécial cinémaSelf · 1 eps
1974
American PlayhouseTeleplay
1982H
HarryProducer
1987
The Larry Sanders ShowBarry Levinson · 1 eps
1992
Homicide: Life on the StreetBarry Levinson · 1 eps
1993Homicide: Life on the StreetProducer
1993Homicide: Life on the StreetDirector
1993
OzExecutive Producer
1997
FalconeProducer
2000
The BeatDirector
2000The BeatExecutive Producer
2000
The JuryDirector
2004The JuryExecutive Producer
2004The JuryStory
2004The JuryCreator
2004
LegendsSelf · 1 eps
2006
The Bedford DiariesExecutive Producer
2006
30 for 30Director
2009
The PhilanthropistWriter
2009
BorgiaProducer
2011
CopperProducer
2012
Shades of BlueDirector
2016
City on a HillExecutive Producer
2019
DopesickDirector
2021DopesickExecutive Producer
2021
The CallingExecutive Producer
2022The CallingDirector
2022
Monsieur SpadeExecutive Producer
2024
Bucks County, USAExecutive Producer
2026
Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!Self - Co-Writer, Silent Movie · 1 eps
2026Photos
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