Richard Levine (filmmaker)

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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]

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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 will executive produce Hulu's upcoming Ryan Murphy legal drama series, All's Fair , starring Kim Kardashian and Glenn Close. [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

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.

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  3. ↑ "If It's Not One Thing, It's Another". The New York Times. 14 January 2011.
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  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
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  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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