FILM DIRECTOR

Barry Levinson

1942 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Barry Levinson is the 203rd most popular film director (up from 219th in 2019), the 1,636th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,475th in 2019) and the 60th most popular American Film Director.

Barry Levinson is most famous for his work as a director and screenwriter.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Barry Levinson ranks 203 out of 2,041. Before him are Danny Boyle, William Friedkin, Lev Kuleshov, Blake Edwards, Stephen Frears, and Ivan Reitman. After him are Lina Wertmüller, Roy Andersson, Francesco Rosi, Tony Richardson, Vsevolod Pudovkin, and Garry Marshall.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Barry Levinson ranks 107. Before him are Margarethe von Trotta, Daniel Dennett, Mehran Karimi Nasseri, Jules Wijdenbosch, António Lobo Antunes, and John Cale. After him are Fraser Stoddart, Yasuyuki Kuwahara, Lee Kun-hee, Donna Leon, Muhammadu Buhari, and Maria Kaczyńska.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Barry Levinson ranks 1,636 out of 20,380. Before him are Dick Fosbury (1947), Dudley R. Herschbach (1932), Bessie Smith (1894), Maria Mitchell (1818), Jean Webster (1876), and John Vincent Atanasoff (1903). After him are W. Edwards Deming (1900), Lyonel Feininger (1871), Dave Brubeck (1920), Aileen Wuornos (1956), Gloria Gaynor (1947), and Roy O. Disney (1893).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Barry Levinson ranks 60. Before him are Sean Baker (1971), Arthur Penn (1922), Joel Schumacher (1939), Vincente Minnelli (1903), William Friedkin (1935), and Blake Edwards (1922). After him are Garry Marshall (1934), Chris Columbus (1958), Robert Aldrich (1918), Stanley Kramer (1913), Donald P. Bellisario (1935), and David Zucker (1947).

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