Barry Levinson Add to My Celebs Age 70 Birthday Apr. 6th, 1942 Born in Baltimore, Maryland, USA Height 5' 11"

Barry Levinson's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) 30 For 30 Barry Levin… The Jury Judge Horat… 60 Minutes II Barry Levin…

Main Movie Roles 2007 - Bee Movie 1994 - Jimmy Hollywood 1994 - Quiz Show 1988 - Rain Man 1981 - History of the World: Part I 1977 - High Anxiety 1976 - Silent Movie

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB


BIOGRAPHY:

Barry Levinson graduated from high school in 1960, attended college at American University in Washington, DC. He did well, but decided he wanted to go to Los Angeles. In LA, Levinson worked for the Oxford Company, studying acting, improvisation, and production; worked in comedy clubs, where he learned how to write; and began dating Valerie Curtin. In 1967, won a job writing for a local TV comedy show. He eventually performed his material on the show, winning a local Emmy. In the 70s, Levinson wrote for "The Carol Burnett Show" (1967) -- and won two Emmys in three years. Mel Brooks hired him for Silent Movie (1976), then, High Anxiety (1977). Levinson and Curtin married in 1975. They co-wrote: _...And Justice for All (1979)_, and other scripts. While Curtin performed in San Francisco, he wrote Diner (1982). MGM bought it and, with a budget of under $5 million, Levinson directed. Curtin and Levinson divorced in 1982. Levinson met Dianna Rhodes while he was filming Diner (1982). She lived in Baltimore, with her two children Patrick and Michelle Levinson. Levinson and Rhodes later married and had two more children, Sam Levinson (I) and Jack Levinson (I). Proving himself as a director with The Natural (1984), he tackled his most ambitious project to that time in Rain Man (1988). Levinson went on to place his stamp on films like Good Morning, Vietnam (1987), and Bugsy (1991). After his many successes, Toys (1992) did poorly. Levinson had a hit with Disclosure (1994) in 1994, the same year the Levinsons moved to Marin County in Northern California to get away from the Hollywood scene.


TRIVIA:

• Stepfather of 'Michelle Levinson' (qv)and Patrick Levinson.
• Father of actor 'Sam Levinson (I)' (qv) and 'Jack Levinson (I)' (qv).
• Movies often contain the score composed by Ennio Morricone.
• Met and interviewed the late John Lennon in New York City, in 1980.
• His films often take place in the past: _Diner (1982)_ (qv); _Natural, The (1984)_ ; _Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)_ (qv); _Bugsy (1991)_ (qv); _Avalon (1990)_ (qv); _Sleepers (1996)_ (qv) and _An Everlasting Piece (2000)_ (qv).
• Graduated from Forest Park High School in the Forest Park neighborhood of Baltimore: other famous alumni from Forest Park High School include former U.S. vice president 'Spiro Agnew' (qv), actor 'Thomas Beck (I)' (qv) and actress 'Margaret Hayes (I)' (qv).
• Since 1991, has been working on a documentary about the friends he grew up with in Baltimore in the 1950s.
• Attended the same high school (Forest Park in Baltimore) as ''Mama' Cass Elliot' and 'Spiro Agnew' (qv).

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