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Barry Levinson
Barry Levinson is an American filmmaker. He has received numerous accolades including the Academy Award for Best Director for Rain Man (1988), as well as four Primetime Emmy Awards and nominations for three Golden Globe Awards. Levinson's 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 produce…
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entertainment · American filmmaker (born 1942) · film director · screenwriter · actor · film producer · director · also Barry Levinson, Barry Lee Levinson, Levinson
Born 6 April 1942 · Q269692
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2026· 7 entries
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Yahoo: Barry Levinson Is Still Annoyed by the Controversy Surrounding ‘Sleepers’
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Yahoo: Barry Levinson Reflects on Sleepers’ Ending, Showing Kevin Bacon’s Evil Side | Interview
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2025· 2 entries
IndieWire: Barry Levinson Has Steered Some Great Performances, but Directing Two Robert De Niros at Once Is Something Else
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IndieWire: Barry Levinson on the ‘Diner’ TV Series That Never Was — and How Mel Brooks Inspired the Movie
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2024· 1 entry
Deadline.com: Barry Levinson Signs With Atlas Artists
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2023· 3 entries
AV Club: Barry Levinson is now directing David Mamet’s JFK assassination movie
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FilmBook: ASSASSINATION: Oscar Winning Director Barry Levinson Re-Teams with David Mamet for JFK Assassination Drama
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Deadline.com: Barry Levinson Set To Direct Al Pacino Starring, David Mamet-Scripted JFK Thriller ‘Assassination’
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2021· 1 entry
Co-executive produced the Hulu miniseries Dopesick and directed the first two episodes
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2011· 1 entry
Levinson was developing a film based on Whitey Bulger, the Boston crime boss
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2010· 2 entries
Awarded Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement (2010).
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Levinson received the Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement, which is the lifetime achievement award from the Writers Guild of America
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2004· 2 entries
Directed two webisodes of the American Express ads "The Adventures of Seinfeld & Superman
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Was also the recipient of the Austin Film Festival's Distinguished Screenwriter Award
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2003· 1 entry
And like several of his films, it is semi-autobiographical and set in Baltimore in the 1960s
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1998· 1 entry
Earned Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize for Wag the Dog (1998).
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1993· 1 entry
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for Homicide: Life on the Street (1993).
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1989· 2 entries
Won Golden Bear for Rain Man (1989).
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Awarded Academy Award for Best Director for Rain Man (1989).
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1960· 1 entry
Levinson studied broadcast journalism at Baltimore Junior College and American University in Washington, D
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1942· 1 entry
Born 1942-04-06.
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