A Masterclass with Barry Levinson
by Website Update on March 28, 2011 in Film Videos and Podcasts
Don’t miss this opportunity to hear from Hollywood master Barry Levinson, the writer behind Diner, Sleepers and the forthcoming screen adaptation of the Broadway hit City of Angels, and Oscar-Winning director of Rain Man, Good Morning Vietnam¸and upcoming sci-fi thriller Isopod. With more than three decades of writing, directing, and producing experience for film and television, Levinson’s masterclass is the opportunity for writers to understand how to launch their careers into the big time.
From the 2011 Script to Screen Conference
Moderator
Eugene Hernandez, Journalist and Director of Digital Strategy, Film Society of Lincoln Center
Participant
Barry Levinson, Writer, Diner, Sleepers, City of Angels, Rain Man, Good Morning Vietnam
Academy Award©-winning director, screenwriter and producer Barry Levinson has crafted an enviable reputation as a filmmaker who blends literate and intelligent visions into films. He 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, which was nominated for ten Academy Award©s including Best Picture and Best Director. As a screenwriter, Levinson has received three Oscar nominations for …And Justice for All (1979), Diner (1982) and Avalon (1990). Other iconic films, from The Natural (1982) to Good Morning Vietnam (1987) to Sleepers (1996), have been hugely popular at the box office. His most recent film about Dr. Jack Kevorkian staring Al Pacino, You Don’t Know Jack, received 15 Emmy Nominations, including Outstanding Made for Television Movie and Best Director. He is currently shooting Isopod, an eco-thriller about an infectious outbreak that takes over a small town over the course of July 4th.
