Gary Levinsohn

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Gary Levinsohn
Born1959 (age 6465)
South Africa
Nationality (legal) American
OccupationFilm producer

Gary Levinsohn is an American film producer. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, along with Steven Spielberg, Ian Bryce, Mark Gordon for the film Saving Private Ryan . [1] [2] He is the co-owner of Mutual Film Company. [3] [4]

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Filmography

He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

Film

YearFilmCredit
1992 Blue Ice Executive producer
1993 The Real McCoy Executive producer
1995 Angus Executive producer
12 Monkeys Executive producer
1997 The Relic Executive producer
The Jackal Executive producer
1998 Hard Rain
Paulie
Black Dog Executive producer
Saving Private Ryan
A Simple Plan Executive producer
1999 Virus Executive producer
It's the Rage Executive producer
2000 Isn't She Great Executive producer
The Patriot
2003 Timeline Executive producer
2005 Casanova Executive producer
Life of the Party Executive producer
2006 Snakes on a Plane
The Hoax Executive producer
2012 Deadfall
Jack Reacher
2017Broken MemoriesExecutive producer
2022 Marlowe

Television

YearTitleCreditNotes
1997The RipperExecutive producerTelevision film
2003 And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself Co-executive producerTelevision film
2019 The Stranded Executive producer

Awards and nominations

In 1999, Gary Levinsohn, along with Steven Spielberg, Ian Bryce and Mark Gordon, was nominated for Academy Award and BAFTA Film Award for Saving Private Ryan, for the category of Best Picture and Best Film respectively. Saving Private Ryan won him Best Drama Picture at 1999 Online Film & Television Association Film Award and 2nd place in Best Motion Picture at Awards Circuit Community Awards. Levinsohn, along with Mark Gordon, Allison Lyon Segan and John Roberts, won BAFTA Children's Award for the film Paulie in the same year. In 2016, Levinsohn, along with Michael Worth, Kassi Crews and Dennis Ho, won an Award of Merit Special Mention at the Accolade Competition for the film Broken Memories. [5]

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  2. "The 71st Academy Awards | 1999". Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved December 22, 2016.
  3. "About the Filmmakers". www.rzm.com. Retrieved December 22, 2016.
  4. ELLER, CLAUDIA (July 24, 1998). "Producing Partners Step Aside for Spielberg With 'Saving' Grace". Los Angeles Times. ISSN   0458-3035 . Retrieved December 22, 2016.
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