Barry Levinson
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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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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 18
Top works
- The natural
- Paterno
- The bay
- Best friends
- The wizard of lies
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- Listeners
- 1,246
- Total plays
- 8,250
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Key facts
- Born
- Barry Lee Levinson , ( 1942-04-06 ) April 6, 1942 (age 84) , Baltimore , Maryland, U.S.
- Alma mater
- American University
- Occupations
Article
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