Barry Levinson
Also known as Barry Lee Levinson
American screenwriter, film director, actor, and producer
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Barry Levinson is an American screenwriter, film director, actor, and producer who has worked across multiple roles in the entertainment industry. He is significant in cinema as a multitalented filmmaker who has contributed to movies in various capacities throughout his career.
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- Works
- 18
Top works
- The natural
- Paterno
- The bay
- Best friends
- The wizard of lies
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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1942-04-02
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Barry 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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1942 births21st-century American JewsAmerican comedy film directorsAmerican male comediansAmerican male film actorsAmerican male screenwritersAmerican male television writersAmerican people of Russian-Jewish descentAmerican television directorsAmerican television writersAmerican University School of Communication alumniBaltimore City Community College alumni