Barry Levinson

Barry Levinson strikes me as a craftsman who turned his own Baltimore into cinema. Everyone cites the Rain Man Oscar, but I love him most for Diner and Good Morning, Vietnam, films that live and die on rhythm of speech and the space between people. Wag the Dog showed he could be wickedly prescient, too. Collecting an Academy Award, a Golden Bear, a Silver Bear and an Emmy is an absurd range for one career. What impresses me even more is the appetite: still directing into his eighties, still chasing new formats. He is unflashy but unwavering, and that durability earns my respect.

Name (English)

Barry Levinson

Name (Japanese)

バリー・レヴィンソン

Reading

ばりー・れゔぃんそん

Born

April 6, 1942 (age 84)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Horse

Origin

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Occupation

film director / screenwriter / actor / film producer / director

High school

Forest Park High School

University

Baltimore City Community College

Awards & achievements

• 2010 Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement
• Writers Guild of America Award
• Directors Guild of America Award
• 1989 Academy Award for Best Director
• 1993 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
• 1989 Golden Bear
• 1998 Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize

• Official sitehttps://www.levinson.com
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry%20Levinson
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%90%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q269692

Tags

• Maryland
• film director
• screenwriter
• actor

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.