Auteur

Barry Levinson

Born 1942 · American screenwriter, film director, actor, and producer

Barry Levinson is an American filmmaker. He has received numerous accolades including the Academy Award for Best Director for Rain Man (1988), as well as four Primetime Emmy Awards and nominations for three Golden Globe Awards. Levinson's 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.

Barry Levinson, in order

  1. 1974 The Internecine Project: wrote, produced · directed by Ken Hughes
  2. 1974 Who?: produced · directed by Jack Gold · streaming on Fandango at Home (free), Fawesome
  3. 1975 Street Girls: wrote · directed by Michael Miller
  4. 1976 Silent Movie: wrote · directed by Mel Brooks
  5. 1977 High Anxiety: wrote, acted · directed by Mel Brooks
  6. 1979 ...And Justice for All: wrote · directed by Norman Jewison
  7. 1980 Inside Moves: wrote · directed by Richard Donner
  8. 1981 Five Loaves (short film): produced
  9. 1981 History of the World, Part I: acted · directed by Mel Brooks · critics 62%, audiences 81%
  10. 1981 Sorrow (short film): produced
  11. 1981 The Emperor And The Abbot (short film): produced
  12. 1982 Best Friends: wrote · directed by Norman Jewison
  13. 1982 Diner: directed, wrote · critics 92%, audiences 77%
  14. 1982 Tootsie: wrote · directed by Sydney Pollack · critics 92%, audiences 81%
  15. 1983 Diner: directed, wrote
  16. 1984 The Natural: directed · critics 82%, audiences 88%
  17. 1984 Unfaithfully Yours: wrote · directed by Howard Zieff
  18. 1985 Young Sherlock Holmes: directed
  19. 1987 Good Morning, Vietnam: directed
  20. 1987 Tin Men: directed, wrote · critics 82%, audiences 64% · streaming on Hoopla
  21. 1988 Rain Man: directed, acted · critics 88%, audiences 90% · streaming on fuboTV, HBO Max, MGM+
  22. 1990 Avalon: directed, wrote
  23. 1991 Bugsy: directed, produced
  24. 1992 Toys: directed, wrote · critics 27%, audiences 39%
  25. 1993–95 Homicide: Life on the Street (TV series): directed · critics 92%, audiences 90%
  26. 1994 Disclosure: directed, produced · critics 58%, audiences 43%
  27. 1994 Jimmy Hollywood: directed, wrote, acted · critics 30%, audiences 31%
  28. 1994 Quiz Show: acted · directed by Robert Redford · critics 97%, audiences 87% · streaming on Hoopla
  29. 1996 Sleepers: directed, wrote, produced · critics 76%, audiences 85%
  30. 1997 Donnie Brasco: produced · directed by Mike Newell
  31. 1997 Wag the Dog: directed, produced · critics 87%, audiences 76% · streaming on Prime Video
  32. 1998 Home Fries: produced · directed by Dean Parisot
  33. 1998 Sphere: directed, produced · critics 13%, audiences 38% · streaming on Roku Channel, Kanopy, Plex
  34. 1999 Liberty Heights: directed, wrote, produced
  35. 2000 An Everlasting Piece: directed, produced
  36. 2001 Bandits: directed, produced · critics 63%, audiences 58% · streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Philo
  37. 2002 Analyze That: produced · directed by Harold Ramis · critics 27%, audiences 39%
  38. 2002 Possession: produced · directed by Neil LaBute
  39. 2003 Deliver Us from Eva: produced · directed by Gary Hardwick
  40. 2004 Envy: directed · critics 6%, audiences 27% · streaming on Hoopla
  41. 2006 Man of the Year: directed, wrote, produced
  42. 2008 What Just Happened: directed, produced · critics 49%, audiences 22% · streaming on Prime Video, fuboTV, Roku Channel
  43. 2009 PoliWood: directed
  44. 2009 The Band that Wouldn't Die (TV movie): directed
  45. 2009 The Philanthropist (TV series): produced · directed by Andy Wilson and Charles Beeson · critics 61%
  46. 2010 You Don't Know Jack (TV movie): directed
  47. 2012 The Bay: directed, wrote, produced
  48. 2014 The Humbling: directed, produced · critics 53%, audiences 28% · streaming on Prime Video, fuboTV, Roku Channel
  49. 2015 Rock the Kasbah: directed
  50. 2016 Shades of Blue (TV series): produced
  51. 2017 The Wizard of Lies: directed · critics 73%, audiences 64% · streaming on HBO Max
  52. 2018 Paterno (TV movie): directed
  53. 2021 The Survivor: directed, produced
  54. 2025 American Sweatshop: produced · directed by Uta Briesewitz
  55. 2025 The Alto Knights: directed · critics 39%, audiences 71% · streaming on HBO Max
  56. Francis and the Godfather: directed
  57. The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine (TV series): acted