Barry Levinson

Directing · Born 1942-04-06 · 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

• Ennio (2022)
• Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel (2022)
• Dean Martin: King of Cool (2021)
• Here Today (2021)
• Kreka: Dreamcatcher (2021)
• Stars and Strife (2020)
• The Natural: The Best There Ever Was (2016)
• Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight (2013)
• Side by Side (2012)
• The Band That Wouldn't Die (2009)
• Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation (2008)
• The Road to Damascus: The Reinvention of Bugsy Siegel (2006)
• The Outsider (2005)
• The Heart of 'The Natural' (2001)
• Diner: On The Flip Side (1999)
• Sports on the Silver Screen (1997)
• Wag the Dog (1997)
• Robbie Robertson: Going Home (1995)
• Quiz Show (1994)
• Jimmy Hollywood (1994)
• Robbie Robertson: A Retrospective - From the Band to the Rock'n'Roll Hall Of Fame (1994)
• History of the World: Part I (1981)
• High Anxiety (1977)
• Silent Movie (1976)