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Barry Levinson

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Barry Levinson

Known For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

Apr 6, 1942 (84 years old)

Place of Birth

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Barry Levinson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Acting
2026Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!Self - Co-Writer, Silent Movie
2022EnnioSelf
2022Hans Zimmer: Hollywood RebelSelf
2021Dean Martin: King of CoolSelf
2021Here TodaySelf
2021Kreka: DreamcatcherSelf
2020Stars and StrifeSelf
2016The Natural: The Best There Ever WasSelf
2013Muhammad Ali's Greatest FightJustice Potter Stewart
2012Side by SideSelf
2009The Band That Wouldn't DieSelf
2008Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of SeparationSelf
2007Bee MovieMartin Benson (voice)
2006The Road to Damascus: The Reinvention of Bugsy SiegelSelf
2006LegendsSelf
2005The OutsiderSelf
2001The Heart of 'The Natural'Self
1999Diner: On The Flip SideSelf
1997Sports on the Silver ScreenSelf (archive footage)
1997Wag the DogMan at a Movie Studio (uncredited)
1995Robbie Robertson: Going HomeSelf
1994Quiz ShowDave Garroway
1994Jimmy HollywoodDirector of 'Life Story'
1993Homicide: Life on the StreetBarry Levinson
1992The Larry Sanders ShowBarry Levinson
1981History of the World: Part IColumn Salesman - The Roman Empire
1977High AnxietyDennis - Bellboy
1976Silent MovieExecutive
1974Spécial cinémaSelf
-Robbie Robertson: A Retrospective - From the Band to the Rock'n'Roll Hall Of FameHimself
Production
2025American SweatshopProducer
2025The Alto KnightsProducer
2025Bucks County, USAExecutive Producer
2024America's BurningExecutive Producer
2024Monsieur SpadeExecutive Producer
2022The SurvivorProducer
2022The CallingExecutive Producer
2021DopesickExecutive Producer
2020Stars and StrifeExecutive Producer
2019City on a HillExecutive Producer
2018PaternoExecutive Producer
2017The Wizard of LiesExecutive Producer
2014The HumblingProducer
2013Phil SpectorExecutive Producer
2012The BayProducer
2012CopperProducer
2011BorgiaProducer
2010You Don't Know JackExecutive Producer
2008What Just HappenedProducer
2006The Bedford DiariesExecutive Producer
2004EnvyProducer
2004Strip SearchExecutive Producer
2004The JuryExecutive Producer
2003Deliver Us from EvaExecutive Producer
2002Analyze ThatExecutive Producer
2002PossessionProducer
2001BanditsProducer
2001Shot in the HeartExecutive Producer
2000Homicide: The MovieExecutive Producer
2000An Everlasting PieceProducer
2000FalconeProducer
2000The BeatExecutive Producer
1999Yesterday's TomorrowsExecutive Producer
1999Original Diner GuysProducer
1999Liberty HeightsProducer
1998SphereProducer
1998Home FriesProducer
1997Wag the DogProducer
1997The Second Civil WarExecutive Producer
1997Donnie BrascoProducer
1997OzExecutive Producer
1996SleepersProducer
1995A Little PrincessExecutive Producer
1994DisclosureProducer
1994Jimmy HollywoodProducer
1993Homicide: Life on the StreetProducer
1992ToysProducer
1991BugsyProducer
1991KafkaExecutive Producer
1990AvalonProducer
1987HarryProducer
1985Displaced PersonProducer
1983DinerExecutive Producer
1973The CatholicsProducer
Directing
2025The Alto KnightsDirector
2022The SurvivorDirector
2022The CallingDirector
2021DopesickDirector
2018PaternoDirector
2017The Wizard of LiesDirector
2016Shades of BlueDirector
2015Rock the KasbahDirector
2014The HumblingDirector
2012The BayDirector
2010You Don't Know JackDirector
2009The Band That Wouldn't DieDirector
2009PoliWoodDirector
200930 for 30Director
2008What Just HappenedDirector
2006Man of the YearDirector
2004EnvyDirector
2004The JuryDirector
2001BanditsDirector
2000An Everlasting PieceDirector
2000The BeatDirector
1999Liberty HeightsDirector
1999Yesterday's TomorrowsDirector
1999Original Diner GuysDirector
1998SphereDirector
1997Wag the DogDirector
1996SleepersDirector
1994Jimmy HollywoodDirector
1994DisclosureDirector
1993Homicide: Life on the StreetDirector
1992ToysDirector
1991BugsyDirector
1990AvalonDirector
1988Rain ManDirector
1987Good Morning, VietnamDirector
1987Tin MenDirector
1985Young Sherlock HolmesDirector
1984The NaturalDirector
1983DinerDirector
1982DinerDirector
1978Peeping TimesDirector
-AssassinationDirector
Writing
2009The PhilanthropistWriter
2006Man of the YearWriter
2004AitraazOriginal Story
2004The JuryStory
1999Liberty HeightsWriter
1996SleepersScreenplay
1994Jimmy HollywoodWriter
1992ToysWriter
1990AvalonWriter
1987Tin MenWriter
1984Unfaithfully YoursScreenplay
1983DinerWriter
1982Best FriendsWriter
1982DinerWriter
1980Inside MovesScreenplay
1979...And Justice for AllWriter
1978Peeping TimesWriter
1977High AnxietyWriter
1976Silent MovieScreenplay
1975Street GirlsWriter
Crew
2024MegalopolisThanks
2021Malcolm & MarieThanks
1982TootsieAdditional Writing