Directing
Barry Levinson
Born 1942-04-06
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Department: Directing
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
Prominent works featuring Barry Levinson
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Rain Man
1988
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Bee Movie
2007
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Donnie Brasco
1997
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Sleepers
1996
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Good Morning, Vietnam
1987
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Tootsie
1982
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Sphere
1998
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Malcolm & Marie
2021
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Analyze That
2002
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Disclosure
1994
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (153 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bucks County, USA | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2026 | |
 | Euphoria: A Look Back | Self | Movie | 2026 |
 | Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man! | Self - Co-Writer, Silent Movie | TV Series | 2026 |
 | American Sweatshop | Producer | Movie | 2025 |
 | The Alto Knights | Director | Movie | 2025 |
| The Alto Knights | Producer | Movie | 2025 |
 | Megalopolis | Thanks | Movie | 2024 |
 | America's Burning | Executive Producer | Movie | 2024 |
 | Monsieur Spade | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2024 |
 | The Calling | Director | TV Series | 2022 |
| The Calling | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2022 |
 | Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel | Self | Movie | 2022 |
 | The Survivor | Producer | Movie | 2022 |
| The Survivor | Director | Movie | 2022 |
 | Ennio | Self | Movie | 2022 |
 | Dean Martin: King of Cool | Self | Movie | 2021 |
 | Dopesick | Director | TV Series | 2021 |
| Dopesick | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2021 |
 | Kreka: Dreamcatcher | Self | Movie | 2021 |
 | Here Today | Self | Movie | 2021 |
 | Malcolm & Marie | Thanks | Movie | 2021 |
 | Stars and Strife | Self | Movie | 2020 |
| Stars and Strife | Executive Producer | Movie | 2020 |
 | City on a Hill | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2019 |
 | Paterno | Executive Producer | Movie | 2018 |
| Paterno | Director | Movie | 2018 |
 | The Wizard of Lies | Director | Movie | 2017 |
| The Wizard of Lies | Executive Producer | Movie | 2017 |
 | The Natural: The Best There Ever Was | Self | Movie | 2016 |
 | Shades of Blue | Director | TV Series | 2016 |
 | Rock the Kasbah | Director | Movie | 2015 |
 | The Humbling | Director | Movie | 2014 |
| The Humbling | Producer | Movie | 2014 |
 | Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight | Justice Potter Stewart | Movie | 2013 |
 | Phil Spector | Executive Producer | Movie | 2013 |
 | Copper | Producer | TV Series | 2012 |
 | The Bay | Director | Movie | 2012 |
| The Bay | Producer | Movie | 2012 |
 | Side by Side | Self | Movie | 2012 |
 | Borgia | Producer | TV Series | 2011 |
 | You Don't Know Jack | Director | Movie | 2010 |
| You Don't Know Jack | Executive Producer | Movie | 2010 |
 | The Band That Wouldn't Die | Self | Movie | 2009 |
| The Band That Wouldn't Die | Director | Movie | 2009 |
 | 30 for 30 | Director | TV Series | 2009 |
 | PoliWood | Director | Movie | 2009 |
 | The Philanthropist | Writer | TV Series | 2009 |
 | What Just Happened | Director | Movie | 2008 |
| What Just Happened | Producer | Movie | 2008 |
 | Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation | Self | Movie | 2008 |
 | Bee Movie | Martin Benson (voice) | Movie | 2007 |
 | The Road to Damascus: The Reinvention of Bugsy Siegel | Self | Movie | 2006 |
 | Legends | Self | TV Series | 2006 |
 | Man of the Year | Director | Movie | 2006 |
| Man of the Year | Writer | Movie | 2006 |
 | The Bedford Diaries | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2006 |
 | The Outsider | Self | Movie | 2005 |
 | Aitraaz | Original Story | Movie | 2004 |
 | The Jury | Director | TV Series | 2004 |
| The Jury | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2004 |
| The Jury | Story | TV Series | 2004 |
| The Jury | Creator | TV Series | 2004 |
 | Envy | Director | Movie | 2004 |
| Envy | Producer | Movie | 2004 |
 | Strip Search | Executive Producer | Movie | 2004 |
 | Deliver Us from Eva | Executive Producer | Movie | 2003 |
 | Analyze That | Executive Producer | Movie | 2002 |
 | Possession | Producer | Movie | 2002 |
 | Shot in the Heart | Executive Producer | Movie | 2001 |
 | Bandits | Director | Movie | 2001 |
| Bandits | Producer | Movie | 2001 |
| The Heart of 'The Natural' | Self | Movie | 2001 | |
 | An Everlasting Piece | Director | Movie | 2000 |
| An Everlasting Piece | Producer | Movie | 2000 |
 | Falcone | Producer | TV Series | 2000 |
 | The Beat | Director | TV Series | 2000 |
| The Beat | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2000 |
 | Homicide: The Movie | Executive Producer | Movie | 2000 |
 | Liberty Heights | Director | Movie | 1999 |
| Liberty Heights | Writer | Movie | 1999 |
| Liberty Heights | Producer | Movie | 1999 |
| Original Diner Guys | Director | Movie | 1999 | |
| Original Diner Guys | Producer | Movie | 1999 | |
 | Yesterday's Tomorrows | Executive Producer | Movie | 1999 |
| Yesterday's Tomorrows | Director | Movie | 1999 |
 | Diner: On The Flip Side | Self | Movie | 1999 |
 | Home Fries | Producer | Movie | 1998 |
 | Sphere | Director | Movie | 1998 |
| Sphere | Producer | Movie | 1998 |
 | Wag the Dog | Man at a Movie Studio (uncredited) | Movie | 1997 |
| Wag the Dog | Director | Movie | 1997 |
| Wag the Dog | Producer | Movie | 1997 |
 | The Second Civil War | Executive Producer | Movie | 1997 |
 | Oz | Executive Producer | TV Series | 1997 |
 | Sports on the Silver Screen | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 1997 |
 | Donnie Brasco | Producer | Movie | 1997 |
 | Sleepers | Director | Movie | 1996 |
| Sleepers | Screenplay | Movie | 1996 |
| Sleepers | Producer | Movie | 1996 |
 | Robbie Robertson: Going Home | Self | Movie | 1995 |
 | A Little Princess | Executive Producer | Movie | 1995 |
 | Robbie Robertson: A Retrospective - From the Band to the Rock'n'Roll Hall Of Fame | Himself | Movie | 1994 |
 | Disclosure | Director | Movie | 1994 |
| Disclosure | Producer | Movie | 1994 |
 | Quiz Show | Dave Garroway | Movie | 1994 |
 | Jimmy Hollywood | Director of 'Life Story' | Movie | 1994 |
| Jimmy Hollywood | Director | Movie | 1994 |
| Jimmy Hollywood | Writer | Movie | 1994 |
| Jimmy Hollywood | Producer | Movie | 1994 |
 | Homicide: Life on the Street | Barry Levinson | TV Series | 1993 |
| Homicide: Life on the Street | Director | TV Series | 1993 |
| Homicide: Life on the Street | Producer | TV Series | 1993 |
 | Toys | Director | Movie | 1992 |
| Toys | Producer | Movie | 1992 |
| Toys | Writer | Movie | 1992 |
 | The Larry Sanders Show | Barry Levinson | TV Series | 1992 |
 | Bugsy | Director | Movie | 1991 |
| Bugsy | Producer | Movie | 1991 |
 | Kafka | Executive Producer | Movie | 1991 |
 | Avalon | Director | Movie | 1990 |
| Avalon | Producer | Movie | 1990 |
| Avalon | Writer | Movie | 1990 |
 | Rain Man | Director | Movie | 1988 |
 | Good Morning, Vietnam | Director | Movie | 1987 |
 | Tin Men | Director | Movie | 1987 |
| Tin Men | Writer | Movie | 1987 |
| Harry | Producer | TV Series | 1987 | |
 | Young Sherlock Holmes | Director | Movie | 1985 |
| Displaced Person | Producer | Movie | 1985 | |
 | The Natural | Director | Movie | 1984 |
 | Unfaithfully Yours | Screenplay | Movie | 1984 |
 | Diner | Director | Movie | 1983 |
| Diner | Writer | Movie | 1983 |
| Diner | Executive Producer | Movie | 1983 |
 | Best Friends | Writer | Movie | 1982 |
 | Tootsie | Additional Writing | Movie | 1982 |
 | Diner | Director | Movie | 1982 |
| Diner | Writer | Movie | 1982 |
 | American Playhouse | Teleplay | TV Series | 1982 |
 | History of the World: Part I | Column Salesman - The Roman Empire | Movie | 1981 |
 | Inside Moves | Screenplay | Movie | 1980 |
 | ...And Justice for All | Writer | Movie | 1979 |
 | Peeping Times | Writer | Movie | 1978 |
| Peeping Times | Director | Movie | 1978 |
 | High Anxiety | Dennis - Bellboy | Movie | 1977 |
| High Anxiety | Writer | Movie | 1977 |
 | Silent Movie | Executive | Movie | 1976 |
| Silent Movie | Screenplay | Movie | 1976 |
 | Street Girls | Writer | Movie | 1975 |
 | Spécial cinéma | Self | TV Series | 1974 |
 | The Catholics | Producer | Movie | 1973 |
| Diamonds on the Silver Screen | Self | Movie | — | |
| Assassination | Director | Movie | — |