Directing
Barry Levinson
Born April 6, 1942 · 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Barry Levinson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
8.0
Rain Man
Director
6.1
Bee Movie
Martin Benson (voice)
7.7
Donnie Brasco
Producer
7.5
Sleepers
Director, Screenplay, Producer
7.3
Good Morning, Vietnam
Director
7.4
Tootsie
Additional Writing
6.1
Sphere
Director, Producer
6.6
Malcolm & Marie
Thanks
5.9
Analyze That
Executive Producer
6.2
Disclosure
Director, Producer
6.5
Bandits
Director, Producer
7.1
Wag the Dog
Man at a Movie Studio (uncredited), Director, Producer
4.6
Megalopolis
Thanks
7.6
A Little Princess
Executive Producer
7.5
Quiz Show
Dave Garroway
6.8
History of the World: Part I
Column Salesman - The Roman Empire
5.7
The Bay
Director, Producer
8.7
Oz
Executive Producer
6.8
Young Sherlock Holmes
Director
7.4
The Natural
Director
Filmography
- 2026Bucks County, USAExecutive ProducerSeries
- 2026Euphoria: A Look BackSelfMovie
- 2026Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!Self - Co-Writer, Silent MovieSeries
- 2025American SweatshopProducerMovie
- 2025The Alto KnightsDirector, ProducerMovie
- 2024MegalopolisThanksMovie
- 2024America's BurningExecutive ProducerMovie
- 2024Monsieur SpadeExecutive ProducerSeries
- 2022The CallingDirector, Executive ProducerSeries
- 2022Hans Zimmer: Hollywood RebelSelfMovie
- 2022The SurvivorProducer, DirectorMovie
- 2022EnnioSelfMovie
- 2021Dean Martin: King of CoolSelfMovie
- 2021DopesickDirector, Executive ProducerSeries
- 2021Kreka: DreamcatcherSelfMovie
- 2021Here TodaySelfMovie
- 2021Malcolm & MarieThanksMovie
- 2020Stars and StrifeSelf, Executive ProducerMovie
- 2019City on a HillExecutive ProducerSeries
- 2018PaternoExecutive Producer, DirectorMovie
- 2017The Wizard of LiesDirector, Executive ProducerMovie
- 2016The Natural: The Best There Ever WasSelfMovie
- 2016Shades of BlueDirectorSeries
- 2015Rock the KasbahDirectorMovie
- 2014The HumblingDirector, ProducerMovie
- 2013Muhammad Ali's Greatest FightJustice Potter StewartMovie
- 2013Phil SpectorExecutive ProducerMovie
- 2012CopperProducerSeries
- 2012The BayDirector, ProducerMovie
- 2012Side by SideSelfMovie
- 2011BorgiaProducerSeries
- 2010You Don't Know JackDirector, Executive ProducerMovie
- 2009The Band That Wouldn't DieSelf, DirectorMovie
- 200930 for 30DirectorSeries
- 2009PoliWoodDirectorMovie
- 2009The PhilanthropistWriterSeries
- 2008What Just HappenedDirector, ProducerMovie
- 2008Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of SeparationSelfMovie
- 2007Bee MovieMartin Benson (voice)Movie
- 2006The Road to Damascus: The Reinvention of Bugsy SiegelSelfMovie
- 2006LegendsSelfSeries
- 2006Man of the YearDirector, WriterMovie
- 2006The Bedford DiariesExecutive ProducerSeries
- 2005The OutsiderSelfMovie
- 2004AitraazOriginal StoryMovie
- 2004The JuryDirector, Executive Producer, Story, CreatorSeries
- 2004EnvyDirector, ProducerMovie
- 2004Strip SearchExecutive ProducerMovie
- 2003Deliver Us from EvaExecutive ProducerMovie
- 2002Analyze ThatExecutive ProducerMovie
- 2002PossessionProducerMovie
- 2001Shot in the HeartExecutive ProducerMovie
- 2001BanditsDirector, ProducerMovie
- 2001The Heart of 'The Natural'SelfMovie
- 2000An Everlasting PieceDirector, ProducerMovie
- 2000FalconeProducerSeries
- 2000The BeatDirector, Executive ProducerSeries
- 2000Homicide: The MovieExecutive ProducerMovie
- 1999Liberty HeightsDirector, Writer, ProducerMovie
- 1999Original Diner GuysDirector, ProducerMovie
- 1999Yesterday's TomorrowsExecutive Producer, DirectorMovie
- 1999Diner: On The Flip SideSelfMovie
- 1998Home FriesProducerMovie
- 1998SphereDirector, ProducerMovie
- 1997Wag the DogMan at a Movie Studio (uncredited), Director, ProducerMovie
- 1997The Second Civil WarExecutive ProducerMovie
- 1997OzExecutive ProducerSeries
- 1997Sports on the Silver ScreenSelf (archive footage)Movie
- 1997Donnie BrascoProducerMovie
- 1996SleepersDirector, Screenplay, ProducerMovie
- 1995Robbie Robertson: Going HomeSelfMovie
- 1995A Little PrincessExecutive ProducerMovie
- 1994Robbie Robertson: A Retrospective - From the Band to the Rock'n'Roll Hall Of FameSelfMovie
- 1994DisclosureDirector, ProducerMovie
- 1994Quiz ShowDave GarrowayMovie
- 1994Jimmy HollywoodDirector of 'Life Story', Writer, ProducerMovie
- 1993Homicide: Life on the StreetBarry Levinson, Director, ProducerSeries
- 1992ToysDirector, Producer, WriterMovie
- 1992The Larry Sanders ShowBarry LevinsonSeries
- 1991BugsyDirector, ProducerMovie
- 1991KafkaExecutive ProducerMovie
- 1990AvalonDirector, Producer, WriterMovie
- 1988Rain ManDirectorMovie
- 1987Good Morning, VietnamDirectorMovie
- 1987Tin MenDirector, WriterMovie
- 1987HarryProducerSeries
- 1985Young Sherlock HolmesDirectorMovie
- 1985Displaced PersonProducerMovie
- 1984The NaturalDirectorMovie
- 1984Unfaithfully YoursScreenplayMovie
- 1983DinerDirector, Writer, Executive ProducerMovie
- 1982TootsieAdditional WritingMovie
- 1982Best FriendsWriterMovie
- 1982DinerDirector, WriterMovie
- 1982American PlayhouseTeleplaySeries
- 1981History of the World: Part IColumn Salesman - The Roman EmpireMovie
- 1980Inside MovesScreenplayMovie
- 1979...And Justice for AllWriterMovie
- 1978Peeping TimesWriter, DirectorMovie
- 1977High AnxietyDennis - Bellboy, WriterMovie
- 1976Silent MovieExecutive, ScreenplayMovie
- 1975Street GirlsWriterMovie
- 1974Spécial cinémaSelfSeries
- 1973The CatholicsProducerMovie
- —Diamonds on the Silver ScreenSelfMovie
- —AssassinationDirectorMovie
- —A LifeDirector, ScreenplayMovie