Barry Levinson

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.

Filmography

• Homicide: Life on the Street (1993)
• Homicide: Life on the Street (1993)
• The Larry Sanders Show (1992)
• Oz (1997)
• The Calling (2022)
• City on a Hill (2019)
• Bee Movie (2007)
• Dopesick (2021)
• Sleepers (1996)
• Rain Man (1988)
• Monsieur Spade (2024)
• Shades of Blue (2016)
• The Alto Knights (2025)
• Sphere (1998)
• The Wizard of Lies (2017)
• Disclosure (1994)
• Man of the Year (2006)
• The Natural (1984)
• The Survivor (2022)
• Quiz Show (1994)
• Bandits (2001)
• Wag the Dog (1997)
• Wag the Dog (1997)
• Silent Movie (1976)
• Toys (1992)
• High Anxiety (1977)
• Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
• What Just Happened (2008)
• Bugsy (1991)
• Rock the Kasbah (2015)