Barry Levinson
Known for directing · Born 6 April 1942 · 84 · Baltimore, Maryland, USA
113 credits
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
Rain Man
1988
Sleepers
1996
Good Morning, Vietnam
1987
Sphere
1998
Disclosure
1994
Bandits
2001
Wag the Dog
1997
The Bay
2012
Dopesick
2021
Young Sherlock Holmes
1985
The Natural
1984
The Wizard of Lies
2017
Acting (32)
2026Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!Self - Co-Writer, Silent MovieSeries
2026Euphoria: A Look BackSelfFilm
2022EnnioSelfFilm
2022Hans Zimmer: Hollywood RebelSelfFilm
2021Here TodaySelfFilm
2021Dean Martin: King of CoolSelfFilm
2021Kreka: DreamcatcherSelfFilm
2020Stars and StrifeSelfFilm
2016The Natural: The Best There Ever WasSelfFilm
2013Muhammad Ali's Greatest FightJustice Potter StewartFilm
2012Side by SideSelfFilm
2009The Band That Wouldn't DieSelfFilm
2008Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of SeparationSelfFilm
2007Bee MovieMartin Benson (voice)Film
2006LegendsSelfSeries
2006The Road to Damascus: The Reinvention of Bugsy SiegelSelfFilm
2005The OutsiderSelfFilm
2001The Heart of 'The Natural'SelfFilm
1999Diner: On The Flip SideSelfFilm
1997Wag the DogMan at a Movie Studio (uncredited)Film
1997Sports on the Silver ScreenSelf (archive footage)Film
1995Robbie Robertson: Going HomeSelfFilm
1994Quiz ShowDave GarrowayFilm
1994Jimmy HollywoodDirector of 'Life Story'Film
1994Robbie Robertson: A Retrospective - From the Band to the Rock'n'Roll Hall Of FameSelfFilm
1993Homicide: Life on the StreetBarry LevinsonSeries
1992The Larry Sanders ShowBarry LevinsonSeries
1981History of the World: Part IColumn Salesman - The Roman EmpireFilm
1977High AnxietyDennis - BellboyFilm
1976Silent MovieExecutiveFilm
1974Spécial cinémaSelfSeries
—Diamonds on the Silver ScreenSelfFilm
Crew (3)
2024MegalopolisThanksFilm
2021Malcolm & MarieThanksFilm
1982TootsieAdditional WritingFilm
Directing (30)
2025The Alto KnightsDirector, ProducerFilm
2021DopesickDirector, Executive ProducerSeries
2017The Wizard of LiesDirector, Executive ProducerFilm
2016Shades of BlueDirectorSeries
2015Rock the KasbahDirectorFilm
2014The HumblingDirector, ProducerFilm
2012The BayDirector, ProducerFilm
2010You Don't Know JackDirector, Executive ProducerFilm
200930 for 30DirectorSeries
2009The Band That Wouldn't DieDirectorFilm
2009PoliWoodDirectorFilm
2008What Just HappenedDirector, ProducerFilm
2006Man of the YearDirector, WriterFilm
2004EnvyDirector, ProducerFilm
2004The JuryDirector, Executive Producer, Story, CreatorSeries
2000An Everlasting PieceDirector, ProducerFilm
2000The BeatDirector, Executive ProducerSeries
1998SphereDirector, ProducerFilm
1997Wag the DogDirector, ProducerFilm
1994Jimmy HollywoodDirector, Writer, ProducerFilm
1991BugsyDirector, ProducerFilm
1988Rain ManDirectorFilm
1987Good Morning, VietnamDirectorFilm
1987Tin MenDirector, WriterFilm
1985Young Sherlock HolmesDirectorFilm
1984The NaturalDirectorFilm
1983DinerDirector, Writer, Executive ProducerFilm
1982DinerDirector, WriterFilm
1978Peeping TimesDirector, WriterFilm
—AssassinationDirectorFilm
Production (36)
2026Bucks County, USAExecutive ProducerSeries
2025American SweatshopProducerFilm
2024Monsieur SpadeExecutive ProducerSeries
2024America's BurningExecutive ProducerFilm
2022The SurvivorProducer, DirectorFilm
2022The CallingExecutive Producer, DirectorSeries
2020Stars and StrifeExecutive ProducerFilm
2019City on a HillExecutive ProducerSeries
2018PaternoExecutive Producer, DirectorFilm
2013Phil SpectorExecutive ProducerFilm
2012CopperProducerSeries
2011BorgiaProducerSeries
2006The Bedford DiariesExecutive ProducerSeries
2004Strip SearchExecutive ProducerFilm
2003Deliver Us from EvaExecutive ProducerFilm
2002Analyze ThatExecutive ProducerFilm
2002PossessionProducerFilm
2001BanditsProducer, DirectorFilm
2001Shot in the HeartExecutive ProducerFilm
2000Homicide: The MovieExecutive ProducerFilm
2000FalconeProducerSeries
1999Yesterday's TomorrowsExecutive Producer, DirectorFilm
1999Original Diner GuysProducer, DirectorFilm
1998Home FriesProducerFilm
1997Donnie BrascoProducerFilm
1997OzExecutive ProducerSeries
1997The Second Civil WarExecutive ProducerFilm
1995A Little PrincessExecutive ProducerFilm
1994DisclosureProducer, DirectorFilm
1993Homicide: Life on the StreetProducer, DirectorSeries
1992ToysProducer, Director, WriterFilm
1991KafkaExecutive ProducerFilm
1990AvalonProducer, Director, WriterFilm
1987HarryProducerSeries
1985Displaced PersonProducerFilm
1973The CatholicsProducerFilm
Writing (12)
2009The PhilanthropistWriterSeries
2004AitraazOriginal StoryFilm
1999Liberty HeightsWriter, Director, ProducerFilm
1996SleepersScreenplay, Director, ProducerFilm
1984Unfaithfully YoursScreenplayFilm
1982Best FriendsWriterFilm
1982American PlayhouseTeleplaySeries
1980Inside MovesScreenplayFilm
1979...And Justice for AllWriterFilm
1977High AnxietyWriterFilm
1976Silent MovieScreenplayFilm
1975Street GirlsWriterFilm