Richard Levine (filmmaker)

Richard Levine is a writer, director, actor and producer. He wrote and directed the film Submission (2017),[1] starring Stanley Tucci, Kyra Sedgwick and Addison Timlin. The film is based on the best selling novel Blue Angel, by Francine Prose and premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival.[2] His first film, Every Day (2010), starring Liev Schreiber, Helen Hunt, Eddie Izzard and Brian Dennehy, was a New York Times critic's pick.[3]

Levine and his writing partner, Lynnie Greene, wrote and executive produced the Epix series, The Truth About The Harry Quebert Affair,[4] starring Patrick Dempsey, directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud as well as the Amazon Video pilot, The Interestings[5] directed by Mike Newell.

In 2024 Levine and Lynnie Greene wrote and executive produced Hulu's Ryan Murphy (producer) legal drama All's Fair, starring Halle Berry, Glenn Close and Kim Kardashian.[6]

He was a writer, director and executive producer of the Golden Globe Award winning series, Nip/Tuck,[7] for all of its seven seasons as well as the Golden Globe Award nominated series, Boss,[8] starring Kelsey Grammer. He wrote for and produced the Golden Globe Award nominated Masters of Sex[9] and co-created the ABC series, Scoundrels,[10] starring Virginia Madsen.

Acting

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As an actor, Levine graduated from the Juilliard School,[11] and appeared on Broadway in Dracula[12] (starring Frank Langella), Rumors[13] (with Ron Leibman, Jessica Walter and Christine Baranski), Gypsy[14] (starring Tyne Daly) and The Visit[15] (with Jane Alexander). He most recently appeared in the film The Sea of Trees[16] (2015) directed by Gus Van Sant.

References

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  1. ^ Scott, A. O. (February 28, 2018). "Review: 'Submission' Plunges Into a Campus Sex Scandal". The New York Times.
  2. ^ Menzel, Scott (2017-06-24). "LA Film Festival Interview: Richard Levine on 'Submission'". We Live Entertainment. Retrieved 2024-06-17.
  3. ^ "If It's Not One Thing, It's Another". The New York Times. 14 January 2011.
  4. ^ Littleton, Cynthia (15 August 2017). "Epix Orders Murder Thriller 'Harry Quebert Affair' Starring Patrick Dempsey, Damon Wayans Jr".
  5. ^ Petski, Denise (26 May 2016). "Amazon Unveils New Pilots & Confirms Dramas 'Interestings' & 'Last Tycoon'".
  6. ^ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/halle-berry-glenn-close-kim-kardashian-hulu-legal-drama-1235941131/
  7. ^ https://deadline.com/2011/02/niptuck-duo-join-starzs-boss-as-eps-103638/
  8. ^ https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/24/arts/television/suddenly-two-bosses-leave-the-show-boss.html
  9. ^ https://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?q=jane&p=75&item=117032
  10. ^ https://variety.com/2010/tv/news/scoundrels-1117942984/
  11. ^ https://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/nip-tuck/crew/lyn-greene-richard-levine-executive-producer
  12. ^ https://playbill.com/person/richard-s-levine-vault-0000107652
  13. ^ https://playbill.com/personlistpage/person-list?production=00000150-ae93-d936-a7fd-eef749970004&type=cp#cc
  14. ^ https://playbill.com/personlistpage/person-list?production=00000150-aea5-d936-a7fd-eef542ab0005&type=cp#cc
  15. ^ https://www.nytimes.com/1992/01/24/theater/review-theater-the-visit-revenge-and-common-greed-as-the-root-of-much-evil.html
  16. ^ https://www.tvguide.com/movies/the-sea-of-trees/cast/2030198519/
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