Barry Levinson
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- 6 April 1942 · Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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
Directing 36
- 2026Assassination · director
- 2025Sheela · director
- 2025The Alto Knights · director
- 2022The Survivor · director
- 2018Paterno · director
- 2017The Wizard of Lies · director
- 2015Rock the Kasbah · director
- 2014The Humbling · director
- 2012The Bay · director
- 2010You Don't Know Jack · director
- 2009The Band That Wouldn't Die · director
- 2009PoliWood · director
- 2008What Just Happened · director
- 2006Man of the Year · director
- 2004Envy · director
- 2001Bandits · director
- 2000An Everlasting Piece · director
- 1999Liberty Heights · director
- 1999Original Diner Guys · director
- 1999Yesterday's Tomorrows · director
- 1998Sphere · director
- 1997Wag the Dog · director
- 1996Sleepers · director
- 1994Disclosure · director
- 1994Jimmy Hollywood · director
- 1992Toys · director
- 1991Bugsy · director
- 1990Avalon · director
- 1988Rain Man · director
- 1987Good Morning, Vietnam · director
- 1987Tin Men · director
- 1985Young Sherlock Holmes · director
- 1984The Natural · director
- 1983Diner · director
- 1982Diner · director
- 1978Peeping Times · director
Acting 27
- 2026Diamonds on the Silver Screen as Self
- 2026Euphoria: A Look Back as Self
- 2022Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel as Self
- 2022Ennio as Self
- 2021Dean Martin: King of Cool as Self
- 2021Kreka: Dreamcatcher as Self
- 2021Here Today as Self
- 2020Stars and Strife as Self
- 2016The Natural: The Best There Ever Was as Self
- 2013Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight as Justice Potter Stewart
- 2012Side by Side as Self
- 2009The Band That Wouldn't Die as Self
- 2008Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation as Self
- 2007Bee Movie as Martin Benson (voice)
- 2006The Road to Damascus: The Reinvention of Bugsy Siegel as Self
- 2005The Outsider as Self
- 2001The Heart of 'The Natural' as Self
- 1999Diner: On The Flip Side as Self
- 1997Wag the Dog as Man at a Movie Studio (uncredited)
- 1997Sports on the Silver Screen as Self (archive footage)
- 1995Robbie Robertson: Going Home as Self
- 1994Robbie Robertson: A Retrospective - From the Band to the Rock'n'Roll Hall Of Fame as Self
- 1994Quiz Show as Dave Garroway
- 1994Jimmy Hollywood as Director of 'Life Story'
- 1981History of the World: Part I as Column Salesman - The Roman Empire
- 1977High Anxiety as Dennis - Bellboy
- 1976Silent Movie as Executive
Production 41
- 2025Sheela · producer
- 2025American Sweatshop · producer
- 2025The Alto Knights · producer
- 2024America's Burning · executive producer
- 2022The Survivor · producer
- 2020Stars and Strife · executive producer
- 2018Paterno · executive producer
- 2017The Wizard of Lies · executive producer
- 2014The Humbling · producer
- 2013Phil Spector · executive producer
- 2012The Bay · producer
- 2010You Don't Know Jack · executive producer
- 2008What Just Happened · producer
- 2004Envy · producer
- 2004Strip Search · executive producer
- 2003Deliver Us from Eva · executive producer
- 2002Analyze That · executive producer
- 2002Possession · producer
- 2001Shot in the Heart · executive producer
- 2001Bandits · producer
- 2000An Everlasting Piece · producer
- 2000Homicide: The Movie · executive producer
- 1999Liberty Heights · producer
- 1999Original Diner Guys · producer
- 1999Yesterday's Tomorrows · executive producer
- 1998Home Fries · producer
- 1998Sphere · producer
- 1997Wag the Dog · producer
- 1997The Second Civil War · executive producer
- 1997Donnie Brasco · producer
- 1996Sleepers · producer
- 1995A Little Princess · executive producer
- 1994Disclosure · producer
- 1994Jimmy Hollywood · producer
- 1992Toys · producer
- 1991Bugsy · producer
- 1991Kafka · executive producer
- 1990Avalon · producer
- 1985Displaced Person · producer
- 1983Diner · executive producer
- 1973The Catholics · producer
crew 4
- 2024Megalopolis · thanks
- 2021Malcolm & Marie · thanks
- 2011Another Happy Day · thanks
- 1982Tootsie · additional writing
Writing 18
- 2006Man of the Year · writer
- 2004Aitraaz · original story
- 1999Liberty Heights · writer
- 1996Sleepers · screenplay
- 1994Jimmy Hollywood · writer
- 1992Toys · writer
- 1990Avalon · writer
- 1987Tin Men · writer
- 1984Unfaithfully Yours · screenplay
- 1983Diner · writer
- 1982Best Friends · writer
- 1982Diner · writer
- 1980Inside Moves · screenplay
- 1979...And Justice for All · writer
- 1978Peeping Times · writer
- 1977High Anxiety · writer
- 1976Silent Movie · screenplay
- 1975Street Girls · writer