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What is Barry Levinson's Net Worth?
Barry Levinson is an American writer, director, producer, and actor who has a net worth of $150 million. Barry Levinson won an Academy Award for directing 1988's "Rain Man," and he has also directed films such as "Diner" (1982), "The Natural" (1984), "Good Morning, Vietnam" (1987), "Avalon" (1990), "Bugsy" (1991), and "Wag the Dog" (1997). Barry wrote several of the films he's directed, and he was a writer on "TheCarol BurnettShow" from 1973 to 1976. Levinson has served as an executive producer on the television series "Homicide: Life on the Streets" (1993–1999), "The Beat" (2000) "The Jury" (2004), and "Shades of Blue" (2016) and the miniseries "Dopesick" (2021), and he co-created "The Jury" and helped develop "Homicide: Life on the Streets." Barry has produced many of his films, and he also produced "Kafka" (1991), "Wilder Napalm" (1993), "A Little Princess" (1995), "Donnie Brasco" (1997), "The Perfect Storm" (2000), "Analyze That" (2002), and "Deliver Us from Eva" (2003).
Levinson has appeared in "Rain Man," "Bugsy," "Homicide: Life on the Street," "Wag the Dog," and "The Jury" as well as "TheTim ConwayComedy Hour" (1970), "TheMarty FeldmanComedy Machine" (1971), "Silent Movie" (1976) "High Anxiety" (1977), "History of the World: Part I" (1981), "TheLarry SandersShow" (1993), "Jimmy Hollywood" (1994), "Quiz Show" (1994), "Muhammad Ali'sGreatest Fight" (2013), "Here Today" (2021), and "The Kominsky Method" (2021). Barry voiced Martin Benson in the 2007 computer-animated film "Bee Movie," and he published the novel "Sixty-Six" in 2003.
Early Life
Barry Levinson was born Barry Lee Levinson on April 6, 1942, in Baltimore, Maryland. His parents, Violet and Irvin, were of Russian-Jewish descent. Barry attended Forest Park Senior High School, and after graduating in 1960, he enrolled at Baltimore City Community College. He later studied broadcast journalism at the American University School of Communication in Washington, D.C. After moving to Los Angeles to pursue a career as a writer and actor, Levinson lived with future drug smugglerGeorge Jung, who would become the subject of the 2001 film "Blow."
Career
Barry began his career writing for TV series such as "The Tim Conway Show" (1970), "The Tim Conway Comedy Hour" (1970), "The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine" (1971–1972), and "The Carol Burnett Show" (1973–1976). Before he directed his first film, he wrote the screenplays for "Street Girls" (1975), "Silent Movie" (1976), "High Anxiety" (1977), "…And Justice for All." (1979), "Inside Moves" (1980), and "Best Friends" (1982). Levinson earned an Academy Award nomination for his directorial debut, 1982's "Diner," which he also wrote and produced. He then directed "The Natural" (1984), "Young Sherlock Holmes" (1985), and "Good Morning, Vietnam" (1987) and wrote and directed "Tin Men" (1987). Barry won an Oscar for Best Director for 1988's "Rain Man," which grossed $354.8 million against a $25 million budget, and the film also won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Next, Levinson wrote, directed, and produced "Avalon" (1990), "Toys" (1992), "Sleepers" (1996), and "Liberty Heights" (1999), wrote and directed "Jimmy Hollywood" (1994), and directed and produced "Bugsy" (1991), "Disclosure" (1994), "Wag the Dog" (1997), and "Sphere" (1998). He received Oscar nominations for "Avalon" and "Bugsy." In the '90s, Barry also produced the NBC police drama "Homicide: Life on the Street" (1993–1999), and he won a Primetime Emmy for directing the 1993 episode "Gone for Goode."
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