Barry Lee Levinson is an American filmmaker, comedian and actor. Levinson’s 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). He 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. Levinson, in 2011, was developing a film based on Whitey Bulger, the Boston crime boss.
The film Black Mass (script by Jim Sheridan, Jez Butterworth, and Russell Gewirtz) is based on the book by Dick Lehr and Gerard O’Neill, and it is said to be the “true story of Billy Bulger, Whitey Bulger, FBI agent John Connelly and the FBI’s witness protection program created by J. Edgar Hoover.” Levinson later left the project.
Levinson finished production on The Humbling (2014), starring Al Pacino. Levinson also directed Rock the Kasbah (2015), written by Mitch Glazer.
Barry Levinson Age
Barry Levinson is 80 years, born on April 6, 1942.
Barry Levinson Height
Barry Levinson is 1.8 m tall.
Barry Levinson Nationality
Barry Lee Levinson is an American filmmaker, comedian and actor.
Barry Levinson Education
After growing up in Forest Park, Baltimore and graduating from Forest Park Senior High School in 1960, Levinson attended Baltimore City Community College and American University in Washington, D.C. at the American University School of Communication, where he studied broadcast journalism
Barry Levinson Movies and TV Shows
| Year | Title | Distribution |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Diner | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / United Artists |
| 1984 | The Natural | Tri-Star Pictures |
| 1985 | Young Sherlock Holmes | Paramount Pictures |
| 1987 | Tin Men | Buena Vista Distribution |
| Good Morning, Vietnam | ||
| 1988 | Rain Man | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| 1990 | Avalon | Tri-Star Pictures |
| 1991 | Bugsy | |
| 1992 | Toys | 20th Century Fox |
| 1994 | Jimmy Hollywood | Paramount Pictures |
| Disclosure | Warner Bros. | |
| 1996 | Sleepers | Warner Bros. / PolyGram Filmed Entertainment |
| 1997 | Wag the Dog | New Line Cinema |
| 1998 | Sphere | Warner Bros. |
| 1999 | Liberty Heights | |
| 2000 | An Everlasting Piece | DreamWorks Pictures / Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 2001 | Bandits | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / 20th Century Fox |
| 2004 | Envy | DreamWorks Pictures / Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 2006 | Man of the Year | Universal Pictures |
| 2008 | What Just Happened | Magnolia Pictures |
| 2012 | The Bay | Lionsgate / Roadside Attractions |
| 2014 | The Humbling | Millenium Films |
| 2015 | Rock the Kasbah | Open Road Films |