Born in Baltimore, Maryland, to Violet (Krichinsky) and Irvin Levinson, who worked in furniture and appliance. He is of Russian Jewish descent. Levinson graduated from high school in 1960, attended college at American University in Washington, DC. He then moved to Los Angeles, where he began acting as well as writing and performing comedy routines.
An Academy Award winning director, screenwriter, and producer who was awarded the 1988 Best Director Oscar for the multiple Academy Award winning Rain Man, starring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise. In 1991 Bugsy, directed and produced by Levinson, was nominated for ten Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director. As a screenwriter, Levinson has received three Oscar nominations for And Justice for All, Diner, and Avalon.
Films :
Rain man
Produced by : Mark Johnson
Screenplay by : Barry Morrow, Ronald
Bass
Story by : Barry Morrow
Starring : Dustin Hoffman, Tom
Cruise
Music by : Hans Zimmer
Cinematography : John Seale
Edited by : Stu Linder
Production company : Guber-Peters
Company, Star Partners II, Ltd.
Distributed by : United
Artists
Release date : December 16,
1988
Running time : 134 minutes
Country : United States
Language : English
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