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Barry Levinson is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer and Thanks American born on 6 april 1942 at Baltimore (USA)
Barry Levinson (born April 6, 1942) is an American screenwriter, Academy Award winning film director, actor, and producer of film and television. His most notable films include Diner, The Natural, Good Morning Vietnam, Rain Man, and Bugsy.
De retour dans sa ville natale de Baltimore, il décide de passer derrière la caméra pour Diner, pour lequel il a également écrit le scénario. Il obtient de nouveau une nomination aux Oscars. Plus tard, il dirige Robert Redford et Robert Duvall pour Le Meilleur. Barry Levinson poursuit avec Bugsy, Avalon (qu'il produit), Toys, et la série télévisée Homicide en 1993 ; mais Bugsy et Toys ne rencontrent pas le succès. C'est avec le film Harcèlement que Barry Levinson revient sur les devants de la scène en 1994.
En 1996, Barry retrouve Dustin Hoffman dans Sleepers. Ce couple n'en resta pas là puisqu'il tournèrent encore deux films ensemble : Des hommes d'influence en 1997 et Sphère en 1998. Il revient en tant que producteur pour le film sur la mafia avec Johnny Depp, Donnie Brasco. Il est également à l'origine de la série télévisée Oz qu'il coproduit avec son ami Tom Fontana (auteur de la série) pour la chaîne de télévision HBO.
En 2011, il produit la série télévisée Borgia, créée par Tom Fontana et diffusée sur Canal+. Il retrouve Tom Fontana en 2012 pour une autre série intitulée Copper.
En 2012, il devait reprendre le projet Gotti: In the Shadow of My Father, un temps prévu par Nick Cassavetes, sur les relations entre le mafieux John Gotti, Jr. et son père John Gotti.
En 2017, il retrouve Robert De Niro pour le téléfilm sur Bernard Madoff, The Wizard of Lies, prévu en 2017 sur HBO.
(1988)
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(2000)
(Executive producer)
(1994)
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(1982)
(Scriptwriter)
(1996)
(Director)
(1988)
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Birth name Barry Levinson
Nationality USA
Birth 6 april 1942 (82 years) at Baltimore (USA)
Awards Academy Award for Best Director, Writers Guild of America Award
Nationality USA
Birth 6 april 1942 (82 years) at Baltimore (USA)
Awards Academy Award for Best Director, Writers Guild of America Award
Barry Levinson (born April 6, 1942) is an American screenwriter, Academy Award winning film director, actor, and producer of film and television. His most notable films include Diner, The Natural, Good Morning Vietnam, Rain Man, and Bugsy.
Biography
Après des études à l'American University de Washington, Barry Levinson débute dans le monde du cinéma en écrivant pour des séries télés (notamment The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine). Il s'installe alors à Los Angeles. Puis, en 1976, il croise la route de Mel Brooks. C'est une grande histoire qui est en train de s'écrire. En effet, quelques mois après, c'est La Dernière Folie réalisée par Mel Brooks, et écrite par Barry Levinson. Sortira aussi Le Grand Frisson, encore avec Mel Brooks en réalisateur, et Barry Levinson à l'écriture... Juste après, il est nommé à l'Oscar du meilleur scénario original pour Justice pour tous. Il ne décroche pas la précieuse statuette, mais en 1988, il connait enfin la victoire avec Rain Man, qui obtient un succès considérable. Avec un scénario accompagné d'une musique d'Hans Zimmer et des interprètes populaires (Dustin Hoffman et Tom Cruise), ce film racontant les émois d'un homme handicapé cumule les récompenses.De retour dans sa ville natale de Baltimore, il décide de passer derrière la caméra pour Diner, pour lequel il a également écrit le scénario. Il obtient de nouveau une nomination aux Oscars. Plus tard, il dirige Robert Redford et Robert Duvall pour Le Meilleur. Barry Levinson poursuit avec Bugsy, Avalon (qu'il produit), Toys, et la série télévisée Homicide en 1993 ; mais Bugsy et Toys ne rencontrent pas le succès. C'est avec le film Harcèlement que Barry Levinson revient sur les devants de la scène en 1994.
En 1996, Barry retrouve Dustin Hoffman dans Sleepers. Ce couple n'en resta pas là puisqu'il tournèrent encore deux films ensemble : Des hommes d'influence en 1997 et Sphère en 1998. Il revient en tant que producteur pour le film sur la mafia avec Johnny Depp, Donnie Brasco. Il est également à l'origine de la série télévisée Oz qu'il coproduit avec son ami Tom Fontana (auteur de la série) pour la chaîne de télévision HBO.
En 2011, il produit la série télévisée Borgia, créée par Tom Fontana et diffusée sur Canal+. Il retrouve Tom Fontana en 2012 pour une autre série intitulée Copper.
En 2012, il devait reprendre le projet Gotti: In the Shadow of My Father, un temps prévu par Nick Cassavetes, sur les relations entre le mafieux John Gotti, Jr. et son père John Gotti.
En 2017, il retrouve Robert De Niro pour le téléfilm sur Bernard Madoff, The Wizard of Lies, prévu en 2017 sur HBO.
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(1988)(Director)
(2000)(Executive producer)
(1994)(Director)
(1982)(Scriptwriter)
(1996)(Director)
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, 1h37Directed by Stephen Frears
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Documentary
Themes Politique, Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Political films, Le boxe anglaise
Actors Christopher Plummer, Danny Glover, Frank Langella, Ed Begley Jr., Barry Levinson, Pablo Schreiber
Roles Justice Potter Stewart
Rating66%
Le procès pour objection de conscience du boxeur Mohamed Ali jusqu'à la Cour suprême.
Side by Side (2012)
, 1h38Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about films, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the visual arts, Documentary films about the film industry
Actors James Cameron, David Fincher, John Malkovich, Danny Boyle, David Lynch, Robert Rodríguez
Roles Self
Rating75%
The documentary investigates the history, process and workflow of both digital and photochemical film creation. It shows what artists and filmmakers have been able to accomplish with both film and digital and how their needs and innovations have helped push filmmaking in new directions. Interviews with directors, cinematographers, colorists, scientists, engineers and artists reveal their experiences and feelings about working with film and digital.
Bee Movie (2007)
, 1h27Directed by Steve Hickner, Simon J. Smith
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about insects, Children's films
Actors Renée Zellweger, Jerry Seinfeld, Matthew Broderick, Patrick Warburton, John Goodman, Chris Rock
Roles Martin Benson (voice)
Rating60%
A bee named Barry B. Benson (Jerry Seinfeld) has recently graduated from college and is about to enter the hive's Honex Industries honey-making workforce alongside his best friend Adam Flayman (Matthew Broderick). Barry is initially excited to join the workforce, but his latent non-conformist attitude emerges upon discovering that his choice of job will never change once picked. Later, the two bees run into a group of Pollen Jocks, bees who collect pollen from flowers outside the hive. The Jocks offer to take Barry outside the hive to a flower patch, and he accepts. While on his first pollen-gathering expedition, Barry gets caught in the rain, and ends up on the balcony of a human named Vanessa (Renée Zellweger). Upon noticing Barry, Vanessa's boyfriend Ken (Patrick Warburton) attempts to swat him, but Vanessa instead safely catches and releases Barry outside the window, saving his life.
Wanderlust (2006)
, 1h10Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Documentary, Historical, Romance
Themes Films about films, Transport films, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Road movies, Documentary films about films
Actors Allison Anders, Robert Benton, Eszter Bálint, Karen Black, Laurie Bird, Peter Bogdanovich
Roles Himself
Rating66%
Wag the Dog (1997)
, 1h37Directed by Barry Levinson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Politique, Films about television, Political films
Actors Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, Anne Heche, Denis Leary, Willie Nelson, Andrea Martin
Roles Man at a Movie Studio (uncredited)
Rating70%
The President of the United States is caught making advances on an underage "Firefly Girl" less than two weeks before Election Day. Conrad Brean (De Niro), a top-notch spin doctor, is brought in to take the public's attention away from the scandal. He decides to construct a diversionary war with Albania, hoping the media will concentrate on this instead. Brean contacts Hollywood producer Stanley Motss (Hoffman) to create the war, complete with a theme song and fake film footage of a photogenic orphan (Dunst) in Albania.
Quiz Show (1994)
, 2h13Directed by Robert Redford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Films about television
Actors John Turturro, Rob Morrow, Ralph Fiennes, Paul Scofield, David Paymer, Hank Azaria
Roles Dave Garroway
Rating74%
In preparation for the latest broadcast of the popular quiz show Twenty One, the questions and answers to be used are transported from a secure bank vault to the studio as producers Dan Enright (David Paymer) and Albert Freedman (Hank Azaria) watch from the control booth. The evening's main attraction is Queens resident Herb Stempel (John Turturro), the reigning champion, who correctly answers question after question. However, both the network, NBC, and the corporate sponsor of the program, a supplementary tonic called Geritol, find that Stempel's approval ratings are beginning to level out, meaning the show would benefit from new talent.
Jimmy Hollywood (1994)
, 1h52Directed by Barry Levinson
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about television
Actors Joe Pesci, Christian Slater, Victoria Abril, Jason Beghe, John Cothran, Jr., James Pickens Jr.
Roles Director of 'Life Story'
Rating53%
Jimmy Alto (Pesci) is a failing actor living in Los Angeles. After increasing frustration with his career going nowhere and with crime in the city, Jimmy, along with his "spaced-out" best friend William (Slater), decides to take the law into his own hands.
Rain Man (1988)
, 2h13Directed by Barry Levinson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about families, Medical-themed films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Road movies, Films about autism, Buddy films
Actors Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise, Valeria Golino, Gerald R. Molen, Jack Murdock, Michael D. Roberts
Roles Doctor (uncredited)
Rating79%
Charlie Babbitt is in the middle of importing four Lamborghinis to Los Angeles for resale. He needs to deliver the vehicles to impatient buyers who have already made down payments in order to repay the loan he took out to buy the cars, but the EPA is holding the cars at the port due to the cars failing emissions regulations. Charlie directs an employee to lie to the buyers while he stalls his creditor.
History of the World: Part I (1981)
, 1h32Directed by Mel Brooks, Brian W. Cook
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Films set in Africa, La préhistoire, Films about religion, Musical films, Portrayals of Jesus in film, Children's films, Histoire de France, French Revolution films
Actors Dom DeLuise, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman, Mel Brooks, Harvey Korman, Gregory Hines
Roles Column Salesman - The Roman Empire
Rating67%
The film is a parody of the historical spectacular film genre anthology, including the sword and sandal epic and the period costume drama subgenres. The four main segments consist of stories set during the Stone Age, the Roman Empire, the Spanish Inquisition, and the French Revolution. Other intermediate skits include reenactments of the giving of the Ten Commandments and the Last Supper.
High Anxiety (1977)
, 1h34Directed by Mel Brooks
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Musical
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry
Actors Mel Brooks, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman, Harvey Korman, Ron Carey, Howard Morris
Roles Dennis - Bellboy
Rating65%
The story begins at Los Angeles International Airport, where Dr. Richard Thorndyke (Mel Brooks) has several odd encounters (such as a homosexual man disguised as a police officer). He leaves for the institute with his driver, Brophy (Ron Carey). Upon his arrival, he is greeted by the staff, Dr. Charles Montague (Harvey Korman), Dr. Philip Wentworth (Dick Van Patten) and Nurse Charlotte Diesel (Cloris Leachman). When he goes to his room, a large rock is thrown through the window, with a message of welcome from the violent ward.
Silent Movie (1976)
, 1h26Directed by Mel Brooks
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about films
Actors Marty Feldman, Dom DeLuise, Bernadette Peters, Sid Caesar, Mel Brooks, Harold Gould
Roles Executive
Rating66%
The film is set in Hollywood, Los Angeles. Mel Funn (Mel Brooks), a great film director, is now recovering from a drinking problem and down on his luck. He sets out to Big Picture Studios to pitch a new script to the Chief, aided by his ever-present sidekicks Dom Bell (Dom DeLuise) and Marty Eggs (Marty Feldman). His big idea: the first silent motion picture in forty years. At first the Chief (Sid Caesar), who is in danger of losing the studio to the (literally) rabid and greedy New York conglomerate Engulf & Devour (Harold Gould and Ron Carey), rejects the idea, but Funn convinces him that if he can get Hollywood's biggest stars to be in the film, he could save the studio.
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The Wizard of Lies (2017)
, 2h12Directed by Barry Levinson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography, Documentary, Historical, Crime
Actors Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert De Niro, Alessandro Nivola, Hank Azaria, Lily Rabe, Nathan Darrow
Rating67%
L'histoire du sulfureux financier Bernard L. Madoff, l'escroc de Wall Street condamné en 2009 à 150 ans de prison pour avoir détourné près de 65 milliards de dollars.
Paterno (2017)
, 1h45Directed by Barry Levinson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Films about children, Films about sexuality, Films about pedophilia
Actors Al Pacino, Riley Keough, Kathy Baker, Annie Parisse, Greg Grunberg, Peter Jacobson
Rating64%
L'histoire de Joe Paterno, le légendaire entraîneur de football américain des Nittany Lions de Penn State, qui, en 2011, est soupçonné d'avoir protégé l'ancien entraîneur-adjoint Jerry Sandusky, accusé d'attouchements sexuels et de viols sur des garçons mineurs pendant une quinzaine d'années, dans le but de protéger la réputation de l'institution au détriment des victimes.
Rock the Kasbah (2015)
, 1h40Directed by Barry Levinson
Origin USA
Genres War, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Bruce Willis, Danny McBride, Kate Hudson, Scott Caan, Shia LaBeouf, Zooey Deschanel
Rating54%
Richie Lanz (Bill Murray), a has-been rock manager takes his last remaining client on a USO tour of Afghanistan. When Richie finds himself in Kabul, abandoned, penniless and without his U.S. passport, he discovers a young Afghan girl with an extraordinary voice and manages her through Afghanistan's version of American Idol.
The Humbling (2014)
, 1h47Directed by Barry Levinson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Al Pacino, Greta Gerwig, Dianne Wiest, Kyra Sedgwick, Charles Grodin, Mandy Patinkin
Rating55%
Simon Axler is an aging actor who suffers from bouts of dementia. He is institutionalized after an incident during a Broadway play, then returns home, where he contemplates suicide. When he embarks upon an affair with a friend's amoral lesbian daughter, his world starts to fall apart. It ends on stage, with even Axler's audience and fellow actors unsure what's real and what's not.