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BARRY LEVINSON (Director/Producer) is an award-winning director, writer, and producer. He won an Academy Award® for Best Director, as well as the Directors Guild of America Award, for Rain Man, which won a total of four Oscars®, including Best Picture. Levinson also received Oscar nominations for Best Director and Best Picture for Bugsy, which garnered 10 nominations in all. In addition, he has been honored with Academy Award nominations for Best Screenplay for the films …And Justice for All, Diner, and Avalon, the latter two of which he also directed.

Born and raised in Baltimore, Levinson has used his hometown as the setting for several of his films, as in last year's acclaimed drama Liberty Heights. His other recent directing credits include the Oscar-nominated political satire Wag the Dog and the science fiction thriller Sphere. He is currently directing Bandits, starring Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, and Cate Blanchett.

In addition, he has directed such diverse films as The Natural, Young Sherlock Holmes, Good Morning, Vietnam, and Disclosure, and wrote and directed Sleepers, Jimmy Hollywood, Toys, and Tin Men. His other screenwriting credits include the Mel Brooks comedies Silent Movie and High Anxiety, as well as Inside Moves, Best Friends, and Unfaithfully Yours.

In 1998, Levinson partnered with Paula Weinstein to form Baltimore/Spring Creek Pictures. The company's hits include this year's blockbuster The Perfect Storm, which Levinson executive produced, and the comedy smash Analyze This, teaming Robert De Niro and Billy Crystal. Levinson has also produced or executive produced a number of his directing projects, in addition to such films as Donnie Brasco and HBO's The Second Civil War.

Levinson has also been honored for his work on television. He won an Emmy Award for Best Director for an episode of the series Homicide: Life on the Street, which he executive produced. He more recently executive produced the series Falcone and Oz, and has also produced the long-form projects The Path to War, American Tragedy, and Suspicion.

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