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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