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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1985-01-08 (40 years old)

Place of Birth

USA

Sam Levinson

Biography:

Samuel Levinson (born January 8, 1985) is an American filmmaker and actor. 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 (2011), which premiered at Sundance Film Festival. He then received a writing credit on his father's HBO television film The Wizard of Lies (2017). He continued writing and directing feature films for Assassination Nation (2018) and Malcolm & Marie (2021). 

In 2019, Levinson created the HBO teen drama series Euphoria, adapted from the Israeli series of the same name. The series is popular with audiences and received positive reviews from critics. In 2023, he created the HBO series The Idol, which was controversial and received negative reviews.

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Known For

Acting

2021

Covidwood as Self - Director

2009

Stoic as Peter Thompson

2008

2001

Bandits as Billy Saunders

1992

Toys as War Room Player

Production

2024

MaXXXine as Executive Producer

2023

The Idol as Executive Producer

2022

Pearl as Executive Producer
Breaking as Executive Producer
X as Producer
Irma Vep as Executive Producer

2021

Malcolm & Marie as Producer

2020

Pieces of a Woman as Executive Producer

2019

Euphoria as Executive Producer

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Hell Naw as Producer
Place To Be as Executive Producer
Ohio as Executive Producer

Writing

2023

The Idol as Teleplay
The Idol as Story

2022

Deep Water as Screenplay

2021

Malcolm & Marie as Writer

2019

Euphoria as Writer

2018

2017

The Wizard of Lies as Screenplay

2011

Another Happy Day as Screenplay

2010

Directing

2023

The Idol as Director

2021

Malcolm & Marie as Director

2019

Euphoria as Director

2018

2011

Another Happy Day as Director

Crew

2024

Megalopolis as Thanks

2019

Bombshell as Thanks

Sound

2023

The Idol as Original Music Composer

Creator

2023

The Idol as Creator

2019

Euphoria as Creator

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Ohio as Creator