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Peter Levin | |
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| Born | Daniel Henry Levin 12/03/1932 Trenton, New Jersey United States |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, television director, theatre director |
| Years active | 1967–2012 |
| Spouse | Audrey Davis Levin |
| Children | Kristina Davis |
Peter Levin is an American director of film, television and theatre.
Since 1967, Levin has amassed a large number of credits directing episodic television and television films. Some of his television series credits include Love Is a Many Splendored Thing , James at 15 , The Paper Chase , Family , Starsky & Hutch , Lou Grant , Fame , Cagney & Lacey , Law & Order and Judging Amy . [1]
Some of his television film credits include Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case (1980), A Reason to Live (1985), Popeye Doyle (1986), A Killer Among Us (1990), Queen Sized (2008) and among other films. [1] He directed "Heart in Hiding", written by his wife Audrey Davis Levin, for which she received an Emmy for Best Day Time Special in the 1970s.
Prior to becoming a director, Levin worked as an actor in several Broadway productions. He costarred with Susan Strasberg in "[The Diary of Ann Frank]" but had to leave the production when he was drafted into the Army. He trained at the Carnegie Mellon University. Eventually becoming a theatre director, he directed productions at the Long Wharf Theatre and the Pacific Resident Theatre Company. He also co-founded the off-off-Broadway Theatre [the Hardware Poets Playhouse] with his wife Audrey Davis Levin and was also an associate artist of The Interact Theatre Company. [2]
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