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Art Linson

Producer, Director, Writer, Actor, Additional Credits
Born March 15, 1942 (82 years)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Art Linson (born 1942) is an American film producer, director and screenwriter.

He was born in Chicago, Illinois. His directorial debut was the 1980 comedy, Where the Buffalo Roam, which was loosely based on stories by Hunter S. Thompson and starred Bill Murray as the writer. He also directed 1984's The Wild Life.

Linson has produced many films including Car Wash, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Fight Club, Melvin and Howard and the Brian De Palma films The Untouchables, Casualties of War, and The Black Dahlia. He has worked with Michael Mann, David Mamet, and Cameron Crowe. He produced Sunset Strip with his son John.

His writing credits include the film American Hot Wax and two books, What Just Happened? Bitter Hollywood Tales from the Front Line (ISBN 1-58234-240-7), which was adapted into the film What Just Happened, and A Pound of Flesh: Perilous Tales of How to Produce Movies in Hollywood (ISBN 0-8021-3551-X).

He is an executive producer for the FX drama series Sons of Anarchy.

Linson produced a film based on the band The Runaways, with his son John Linson as a co-producer.

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Known For
  • Fight Club
  • Heat
  • The Untouchables
  • Sons of Anarchy
  • Yellowstone (2018)
  • Into the Wild
  • This Boy's Life
  • Scrooged
  • Fast Times at Ridgemont High
  • The Runaways
  • Casualties of War
  • The Edge
  • Point of No Return
  • The Outsider
  • Lords of Dogtown
  • What Just Happened
  • Great Expectations
  • The Black Dahlia
  • We're No Angels
  • Dick Tracy
  • Singles
  • Pushing Tin
  • Heist
  • Where the Buffalo Roam

Filmography

2022
1923 (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
2022
1883: The Road West · as Executive Producer
2021
1883 (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
2018
Yellowstone (2018) (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
2018
2016
2012
Outlaw Country · as Executive Producer
2010
2008
2008
Sons of Anarchy (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
2007
2006
2005
Lords of Dogtown · as Executive Producer
2004
2004
2001
2000
1999
1999
1998
1997
1995
1993
The Untouchables (1993) (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
1993
1993
1992
Singles · as Executive Producer
1990
Dick Tracy · as Executive Producer
1989
1989
1988
1987
1984
1982
1980
1980
1978
1976
1975

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