Sam Levinson
Biography
Samuel Levinson is an American filmmaker and actor who was born on January 8, 1985. He is the son of director Barry Levinson. In 2010, he received his first writing credit as a co-writer for the action comedy film Operation Endgame. The following year, he made his directorial film debut with Another Happy Day, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. He later received a writing credit on his father's HBO television film The Wizard of Lies. He continued his career by writing and directing the feature films Assassination Nation and Malcolm and Marie. Additionally, in 2019, he created the HBO teen drama series Euphoria, which was adapted from an Israeli series of the same name.
Career overview
Samuel Levinson is an American filmmaker and actor who was born on January 8, 1985. He is the son of Academy Award-winning director Barry Levinson. In 2010, he received his first writing credit as a co-writer for the action comedy film Operation Endgame. The following year, he made his directorial film debut with Another Happy Day, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. He subsequently received a writing credit on his father's HBO television film The Wizard of Lies in 2017. He continued his career in feature films by writing and directing Assassination Nation in 2018 and Malcolm & Marie in 2021.
In 2019, Levinson created the HBO teen drama series Euphoria, which was adapted from the Israeli series of the same name. His work spans both television and film as a writer, director, and creator.
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- MaXXXine (2024) Executive Producer
- Megalopolis (2024) Thanks
- The Idol (2023) Executive Producer
- The Idol (2023) Director
- The Idol (2023) Teleplay
- The Idol (2023) Story
- The Idol (2023) Original Music Composer
- The Idol (2023) Creator
- The Weeknd - Double Fantasy (2023) Director
- Pearl (2022) Executive Producer
- X (2022) Executive Producer
- Deep Water (2022) Screenplay
- Irma Vep (2022) Executive Producer
- Breaking (2022) Executive Producer
- Malcolm & Marie (2021) Director
- Malcolm & Marie (2021) Writer
- Malcolm & Marie (2021) Producer
- Covidwood (2021) as Self - Director
- Pieces of a Woman (2020) Executive Producer
- Euphoria Special Episodes (2020) Creator
- Euphoria (2019) Director
- Euphoria (2019) Writer
- Euphoria (2019) Executive Producer
- Euphoria (2019) Teleplay
- Euphoria (2019) Creator
- Bombshell (2019) Thanks
- Assassination Nation (2018) Director
- Assassination Nation (2018) Writer
- The Wizard of Lies (2017) Screenplay
- Another Happy Day (2011) Director
- Another Happy Day (2011) Screenplay
- Operation: Endgame (2010) Writer
- Stoic (2009) as Peter Thompson
- What Just Happened (2008) as Carl
- Bandits (2001) as Billy Saunders
- Toys (1992) as War Room Player
- Hell Naw Producer
- Place to Be Executive Producer