Barry Levinson

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.

Directed

1. Rain Man (1988) — Director
2. Sleepers (1996) — Director
3. Good Morning, Vietnam (1987) — Director
4. Sphere (1998) — Director
5. Disclosure (1994) — Director
6. Bandits (2001) — Director
7. Wag the Dog (1997) — Director
8. The Bay (2012) — Director
9. Young Sherlock Holmes (1985) — Director
10. The Natural (1984) — Director
11. The Wizard of Lies (2017) — Director
12. Toys (1992) — Director
13. Envy (2004) — Director
14. Dopesick (2021) — Director
15. Man of the Year (2006) — Director
16. What Just Happened (2008) — Director
17. Bugsy (1991) — Director
18. The Alto Knights (2025) — Director
19. You Don't Know Jack (2010) — Director
20. Rock the Kasbah (2015) — Director
21. Diner (1982) — Director
22. Shades of Blue (2016) — Director
23. The Survivor (2022) — Director
24. Paterno (2018) — Director
25. The Humbling (2014) — Director
26. Homicide: Life on the Street (1993) — Director
27. Tin Men (1987) — Director
28. Avalon (1990) — Director
29. Liberty Heights (1999) — Director
30. Jimmy Hollywood (1994) — Director
31. 30 for 30 (2009) — Director
32. The Calling (2022) — Director
33. The Band That Wouldn't Die (2009) — Director
34. An Everlasting Piece (2000) — Director
35. PoliWood (2009) — Director
36. Diner (1983) — Director
37. The Jury (2004) — Director
38. The Beat (2000) — Director
39. Yesterday's Tomorrows (1999) — Director
40. Peeping Times (1978) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Bee Movie (2007) — Martin Benson (voice)
2. Wag the Dog (1997) — Man at a Movie Studio (uncredited)
3. Quiz Show (1994) — Dave Garroway
4. History of the World: Part I (1981) — Column Salesman - The Roman Empire
5. High Anxiety (1977) — Dennis - Bellboy
6. Ennio (2022) — Self
7. Silent Movie (1976) — Executive
8. Side by Side (2012) — Self
9. Here Today (2021) — Self
10. Homicide: Life on the Street (1993) — Barry Levinson
11. The Larry Sanders Show (1992) — Barry Levinson
12. Jimmy Hollywood (1994) — Director of 'Life Story'
13. Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight (2013) — Justice Potter Stewart
14. Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel (2022) — Self
15. Dean Martin: King of Cool (2021) — Self
16. The Band That Wouldn't Die (2009) — Self
17. Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man! (2026) — Self - Co-Writer, Silent Movie
18. The Outsider (2005) — Self
19. Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation (2008) — Self
20. Euphoria: A Look Back (2026) — Self
21. Sports on the Silver Screen (1997) — Self (archive footage)
22. Spécial cinéma (1974) — Self
23. Diner: On The Flip Side (1999) — Self
24. Kreka: Dreamcatcher (2021) — Self
25. Legends (2006) — Self
26. The Heart of 'The Natural' (2001) — Self
27. Robbie Robertson: Going Home (1995) — Self
28. Stars and Strife (2020) — Self
29. The Road to Damascus: The Reinvention of Bugsy Siegel (2006) — Self
30. Robbie Robertson: A Retrospective - From the Band to the Rock'n'Roll Hall Of Fame (1994) — Himself
31. The Natural: The Best There Ever Was (2016) — Self