John Linson

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John Linson

John Linson is an American film producer, television producer and founder of Linson Entertainment. [1] [2] He is known for producing films such as Great Expectations , Lords of Dogtown , The Runaways and the television series Sons of Anarchy and Yellowstone .

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Personal life

Linson was born in Los Angeles, California. His father is film producer Art Linson. He is a licensed private pilot and longtime motorcycle enthusiast. [3]

Career

John began his career making music videos. Some credits include producing and directing the Porno for Pyros video "Tahitian Moon". He went on to produce Nirvana's Live at the Paramount and the Guns N' Roses mini-documentary entitled Guns N' Roses Don't Cry: Makin' F@*!ing Videos. His first major film production was Great Expectations directed by Alfonso Cuarón. He has since produced films such as Lords of Dogtown , directed by Catherine Hardwicke, and The Runaways directed by Floria Sigismondi, which was named by Rolling Stone as the #1 rock film of all time. [4] His love of motorcycles led to the creation of the FX television series Sons of Anarchy . After the success of Sons of Anarchy he co-created the television series Yellowstone with Taylor Sheridan. Yellowstone premiered on June 20, 2018, on the Paramount Network.

John produced the film The Comedian , an American comedy-drama film directed by Taylor Hackford and written by Lewis Friedman, Richard LaGravenese, Art Linson, and Jeff Ross. The film stars Robert De Niro, Leslie Mann, and Harvey Keitel. John also produced The Outsider , which is an action crime drama film directed by Martin Zandvliet and written by Andrew Baldwin. The film stars Jared Leto and Tadanobu Asano. [5]

Filmography

He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

Film

YearFilmCreditRef.
1998 Great Expectations Co-producer
2000 Sunset Strip
2005 Lords of Dogtown
2010 The Runaways
2016 The Comedian
2018 The Outsider
[6]
Miscellaneous crew
YearFilmRole
1989 Casualties of War Production assistant
We're No Angels Assistant: Fred C. Caruso
As an actor
YearFilmRoleNotes
1976 Car Wash Foolish Father's Son
Uncredited

Television

YearTitleCreditNotesRef.
2012Outlaw CountryExecutive producerTelevision film
[7]
2008–14 Sons of Anarchy Executive producer92 episodes
2014The MoneyExecutive producerTelevision film
[8]
2018–present Yellowstone Executive producer47 episodes
20221883: The Road WestExecutive producerTelevision special
2021−22 1883 Executive producer10 episodes
2022−present 1923 Executive producer8 episodes
TBA 6666 Executive producer
As writer
YearTitleCredit
2018–present Yellowstone Creator (47 episodes) / Stories (2 episodes)

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