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Barry Levinson

Directing

Born April 6, 1942 · Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Also known as Barry Lee Levinson

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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.

Awards & recognition

  • Laurel Award — Screenwriting Achievement · 2010
  • Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize · 1998
  • Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series · 1993
  • Academy Award — Best Director · 1989
  • Golden Bear · 1989
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  • Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special · 1975
  • Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special · 1974
  • Directors Guild of America Award
  • Writers Guild of America Award
  • Academy Award — Best Director · 1992 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Picture · 1992 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 1991 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Director · 1989 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 1983 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 1980 · nominated

Filmography50+ titles

Ennio

2021as Self

Oz

1997Executive Producer

Homicide: Life on the Street

1993as Barry Levinson

Dopesick

2021Executive Producer

Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!

2026as Self - Co-Writer, Silent Movie

Rain Man

1988Director

The Larry Sanders Show

1992as Barry Levinson

King of Cool

2021as Self

Sleepers

1996Director, Producer, Screenplay

A Little Princess

1995Executive Producer

30 for 30

2009Director

Donnie Brasco

1997Executive Producer, Producer

City on a Hill

2019Executive Producer

Side by Side

2012as Self

Borgia

2011Producer

Quiz Show

1994as Dave Garroway

Good Morning, Vietnam

1987Director

Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel

2022as Self

Shades of Blue

2016Director

Tootsie

1982Additional Writing

And Justice for All

1979Writer

Here Today

2021as Self

Malcolm & Marie

2021Thanks

You Don't Know Jack

2010Director, Executive Producer

Homicide: The Movie

2000Executive Producer

Wag the Dog

1997as Man at a Movie Studio (uncredited)

The Natural

1984Director

The Survivor

2021Director, Producer

Diner

1982Director, Writer

History of the World: Part I

1981as Column Salesman - The Roman Empire

Liberty Heights

1999Director, Producer, Writer

Avalon

1990Director, Producer, Writer

Young Sherlock Holmes

1985Director

The Wizard of Lies

2017Director, Executive Producer

PoliWood

2009Director

Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight

2013as Justice Potter Stewart

Deliver Us from Eva

2003Executive Producer

Bugsy

1991Director, Producer

Kafka

1991Executive Producer

Inside Moves

1980Screenplay

High Anxiety

1977as Dennis - Bellboy

The Band That Wouldn't Die

2009as Self

Bandits

2001Director, Producer

Tin Men

1987Director, Writer

The Alto Knights

2025Director, Producer

Monsieur Spade

2024Executive Producer

Paterno

2018Director, Executive Producer

Strip Search

2004Executive Producer

Disclosure

1994Director, Producer

The Calling

2022Executive Producer