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 created, 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.
He was a writer, director and executive producer of the Golden Globe Award winning series, Nip/Tuck, [6] for all of its seven seasons as well as the Golden Globe Award nominated series, Boss, [7] starring Kelsey Grammer. He wrote for and produced the Golden Globe Award nominated Masters of Sex [8] and co-created the ABC series, Scoundrels, [9] starring Virginia Madsen.
In recently, Levine and Greene executive produced and served as writers for Hulu's upcoming Ryan Murphy legal drama series, All's Fair , starring Kim Kardashian and Glenn Close which will premiere on November 4, 2025. [10] [11]
As an actor, Levine graduated from the Juilliard School, [12] and appeared on Broadway in Dracula [13] (starring Frank Langella), Rumors [14] (with Ron Leibman, Jessica Walter and Christine Baranski), Gypsy [15] (starring Tyne Daly) and The Visit [16] (with Jane Alexander). He most recently appeared in the film The Sea of Trees [17] (2015) directed by Gus Van Sant.
| † | Denotes works that have not yet been released |
| Year | Title | Creator | Writer | Director | Executive Producer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | California Dreams | No | Yes | No | No |
| 1995 | The 5 Mrs. Buchanans | ||||
| 1995-1996 | The Crew | ||||
| 1996 | Lush Life | ||||
| 1999 | Family Rules | Producer | |||
| 1999-2000 | Stark Raving Mad | ||||
| 2000 | Normal Ohio | Supervising | |||
| 2002 | First Monday | Producer | |||
| JAG | No | ||||
| 2003-2010 | Nip/Tuck | Yes | Yes | ||
| 2010 | Scoundrels | Developer | No | ||
| 2011 | Boss | No | |||
| 2013 | Masters of Sex | Supervising | |||
| 2018 | The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair | Yes | Yes | ||
| 2024-2025 | Doctor Odyssey | No | No | ||
| 2025 | All's Fair † | Yes |