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Barry Levinson

Film Director / Screenwriter / Actor / Film Producer | * 04/06/1942 (81) | Baltimore, Maryland (United States of America (USA))
Barry Lee Levinson (born April 6, 1942) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. His best-known works are mid-budget comedy drama and drama films such as Diner (1982), The Natural (1984), Good Morning, Vietnam (1987), Bugsy (1991), and Wag the Dog (1997). Levinson won the Academy Award for Best Director for Rain Man (1988). In 2021, he co-executive produced the Hulu miniseries Dopesick and directed the first two episodes. ()
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Barry Levinson (born April 6, 1942) is an American screenwriter, director, actor, and producer of film and television. His best-known films include "The Natural" (1984), "Good Morning, Vietnam" (1987), "Rain Man" (1988), "Sleepers" (1996), and "Wag the Dog" (1997).

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Crime

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Awards & Nominations for Barry Levinson

Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement Writers Guild of America Awards Directors Guild of America Awards Academy Award for Best Director Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Golden Bear Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize 2x Academy Award for Best Director 3x Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay Academy Award for Best Picture
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Movies with Barry Levinson as Actor(20)

as himself2022 Ennio
as himself2021 Kreka: Dreamcatcher
as himself2021 Here Today
as himself2020 Stars and Strife
as Justice Potter Stewart2013 Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
as Martin Benson (voice)2007 Bee Movie
as himself2005 The Outsider
as Man at a Movie Studio (uncredited)1997 Wag the Dog
as Self (archive footage)1997 Sports on the Silver Screen
as Director of 'Life Story'1994 Jimmy Hollywood
as Dave Garroway1994 Quiz Show
as Column Salesman - The Roman Empire1981 History of the World: Part I
as Dennis - Bellboy1977 High Anxiety
as Executive1976 Silent Movie

TV Shows/Series with Barry Levinson as Actor(4)

as himself2006 Legends
as Horatio Hawthorne2004 The Jury

Movies with Barry Levinson as Crew(94)

Directing/Director2024 Alto Knights
Directing/Director2023 Francis and The Godfather
Writing/Screenplay2023 Francis and The Godfather
Directing/Director2023 Sheela
Production/Producer2023 Sheela
Directing/Director2022 The Survivor
Production/Producer2022 The Survivor
Crew/Thanks2021 Malcolm & Marie
Production/Executive Producer2020 Stars and Strife
Directing/Director2018 Paterno
Production/Executive Producer2018 Paterno
Directing/Director2017 The Wizard of Lies
Production/Executive Producer2017 The Wizard of Lies
Directing/Director2015 Rock the Kasbah
Directing/Director2014 The Humbling
Production/Producer2014 The Humbling
Production/Executive Producer2013 Phil Spector
Directing/Director2012 The Bay
Production/Producer2012 The Bay
Crew/Thanks2011 Another Happy Day
Directing/Director2010 You Don't Know Jack
Production/Executive Producer2010 You Don't Know Jack
Directing/Director2009 The Band That Wouldn't Die
Directing/Director2009 PoliWood
Directing/Director2008 What Just Happened
Production/Producer2008 What Just Happened
Directing/Director2006 Man of the Year
Writing/Author2006 Man of the Year
Directing/Director2004 Hindsight Is 20/20...
Production/Executive Producer2004 Strip Search
Directing/Director2004 Envy
Production/Producer2004 Envy
Production/Executive Producer2002 Analyze That
Production/Producer2002 Possession
Production/Executive Producer2001 Shot in the Heart
Directing/Director2001 Bandits
Production/Producer2001 Bandits
Production/Executive Producer2000 Homicide: The Movie
Directing/Director2000 An Everlasting Piece
Directing/Director2000 Original Diner Guys
Production/Producer2000 Original Diner Guys
Directing/Director1999 Yesterday's Tomorrows
Production/Executive Producer1999 Yesterday's Tomorrows
Directing/Director1999 Liberty Heights
Production/Producer1999 Liberty Heights
Writing/Writer1999 Liberty Heights
Directing/Director1998 Sphere
Production/Producer1998 Sphere
Production/Producer1998 Home Fries
Production/Executive Producer1997 The Second Civil War
Directing/Director1997 Wag the Dog
Production/Producer1997 Wag the Dog
Production/Producer1997 Donnie Brasco
Directing/Director1996 Sleepers
Production/Producer1996 Sleepers
Writing/Screenplay1996 Sleepers
Production/Executive Producer1995 A Little Princess
Directing/Director1994 Jimmy Hollywood
Production/Producer1994 Jimmy Hollywood
Writing/Writer1994 Jimmy Hollywood
Directing/Director1994 Disclosure
Production/Producer1994 Disclosure
Production/Executive Producer1993 Wilder Napalm
Directing/Director1992 Toys
Production/Producer1992 Toys
Writing/Screenplay1992 Toys
Directing/Director1991 Bugsy
Production/Producer1991 Bugsy
Directing/Director1990 Avalon
Production/Producer1990 Avalon
Writing/Screenplay1990 Avalon
Directing/Director1988 Rain Man
Directing/Director1987 Good Morning, Vietnam
Directing/Director1987 Tin Men
Writing/Writer1987 Tin Men
Directing/Director1985 Young Sherlock Holmes
Production/Producer1985 Displaced Person
Writing/Screenplay1984 Unfaithfully Yours
Directing/Director1984 The Natural
Directing/Director1983 Diner
Production/Executive Producer1983 Diner
Writing/Writer1983 Diner
Directing/Director1982 Diner
Writing/Screenplay1982 Diner
Crew/Additional Writing1982 Tootsie
Writing/Writer1982 Best Friends
Writing/Screenplay1980 Inside Moves
Writing/Writer1979 ...And Justice for All
Directing/Director1978 Peeping Times
Writing/Writer1978 Peeping Times
Writing/Writer1977 High Anxiety
Writing/Screenplay1976 Silent Movie
Writing/Writer1975 Street Girls
Production/Producer1973 The Catholics

TV Shows/Series with Barry Levinson as Crew(23)

Production/Executive Producer2024 Monsieur Spade
Directing/Director2022 The Calling
Production/Executive Producer2022 The Calling
Production/Executive Producer2021 Dopesick
Directing/Director2021 Dopesick
Production/Executive Producer2019 City on a Hill
Directing/Director2016 Shades of Blue
Production/Producer2012 Copper
Production/Producer2011 Borgia
Creator/Creator2011 Borgia
Directing/Director2009 30 for 30
Writing/Writer2009 The Philanthropist
Production/Producer2009 The Philanthropist
Production/Executive Producer2006 The Bedford Diaries
Directing/Director2004 The Jury
Production/Executive Producer2004 The Jury
Creator/Creator2004 The Jury
Directing/Director2000 The Beat
Production/Executive Producer2000 The Beat
Production/Producer2000 Falcone
Production/Executive Producer1997 Oz
Directing/Director1993 Homicide: Life on the Street
Production/Producer1993 Homicide: Life on the Street

Full Name: Barry Levinson
Born: Monday, 04/06 1942 (April) in Baltimore, Maryland (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 81 years + 357 days)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Horse)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Baltimore City Community College, Forest Park High School
Spouses (current/former): Valerie Curtin
Children: Sam Levinson
Other names for Barry Levinson (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"バリー・レヴィンソン"
Barry Levinson frequently works together with these people:
Tom Fontana (36x, Crew)
Stu Linder (18x, Crew)
Mark Johnson (16x, Crew)
Ellen Chenoweth (16x, Crew)
Mel Brooks (13x, Actor)
Gloria Gresham (10x, Crew)
Robert De Niro (9x, Actor)
Sam Levinson (9x, Crew)
Blair Daily (8x, Crew)
Valerie Curtin (8x, Actress)
Julie Martin (8x, Crew)

Other people with this name: Barry Levinson (US)

WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:8613, Added: 05/06/2018, Last updated: 03/23/2024