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Barry Levinson

Barry Levinson
Levinson in 2009
Born
Barry Lee Levinson

(1942-04-06) April 6, 1942 (age 82)
Alma materAmerican University
Occupations
  • Director
  • screenwriter
  • producer
Years active1970–present
Known for
Spouses
(m. 1975; div. 1982)
Diana Rhodes
(m. 1983)
Children3, including Sam Levinson

Barry Lee Levinson (born April 6, 1942) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter.[1] Levinson won the Academy Award for Best Director for Rain Man (1988).[2][3][4] 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.

  1. ^ Balaban, Bob (April 19, 2011). "Interview with Barry Levinson for the Directors Guild of America's Visual History Program". Directors Guild of America. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  2. ^ Erickson, Hal (2010). "Barry Levinson". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on September 21, 2010. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
  3. ^ Canby, Vincent (December 16, 1988). "Review/Film; Brotherly Love, of Sorts". The New York Times. Retrieved February 16, 2017.
  4. ^ Barnes, Brooks (December 14, 2009). "Al Pacino, Barry Levinson and Buck Henry Team Up on a Roth Tale". The New York Times.

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