JL
Joseph E. Levine
Producer, Actor
Born September 9, 1905Died July 31, 1987 (81 years)
Joseph Edward Levine (September 9, 1905 – July 31, 1987) was an American film distributor, financier and producer. At the time of his death, it was said he was involved in one or another capacity with 497 films. Levine was responsible for the American releases of Godzilla, King of the Monsters!, Attila and Hercules, which helped revolutionize American film marketing, and was founder and president of Embassy Pictures.
Levine's biggest hit was director Mike Nichols' The Graduate (1967), a blockbuster hit that was considered, then and now, a watershed film that inaugurated the New Hollywood and made Dustin Hoffman a superstar. At the time of its release, The Graduate became one of the Top Ten All-Time Box Office hits. With the great success of the film, Levine sold his company to the conglomerate Avco, though he continued on as the CEO of the renamed Avco-Embassy film production division.
Other films produced and/or financed by Levine included Two Women (1960), Contempt (1963), The 10th Victim (1965), Marriage Italian Style (1964), The Lion in Winter (1968), The Producers (1968), Carnal Knowledge (1971) and The Night Porter (1974). After leaving Avco-Embassy, he became an independent again, producing A Bridge Too Far (1977).
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Levine's biggest hit was director Mike Nichols' The Graduate (1967), a blockbuster hit that was considered, then and now, a watershed film that inaugurated the New Hollywood and made Dustin Hoffman a superstar. At the time of its release, The Graduate became one of the Top Ten All-Time Box Office hits. With the great success of the film, Levine sold his company to the conglomerate Avco, though he continued on as the CEO of the renamed Avco-Embassy film production division.
Other films produced and/or financed by Levine included Two Women (1960), Contempt (1963), The 10th Victim (1965), Marriage Italian Style (1964), The Lion in Winter (1968), The Producers (1968), Carnal Knowledge (1971) and The Night Porter (1974). After leaving Avco-Embassy, he became an independent again, producing A Bridge Too Far (1977).
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Joseph E. Levine Filmography
| 1981 | |
| 1978 | |
| 1977 | |
| 1977 | Godzilla · as Executive Producer |
| 1974 | The Night Porter · as Executive Producer |
| 1973 | The Day of the Dolphin · as Executive Producer |
| 1973 | Book of Numbers · as Executive Producer |
| 1972 | Thumb Tripping · as Executive Producer |
| 1972 | Rivals · as Executive Producer |
| 1971 | Trinity Is Still My Name · as Executive Producer |
| 1971 | Carnal Knowledge · as Executive Producer |
| 1971 | The Sporting Club · as Executive Producer |
| 1971 | |
| 1970 | |
| 1970 | Bright College Years · as Executive Producer |
| 1970 | C.C. & Company · as Executive Producer |
| 1970 | Soldier Blue · as Executive Producer |
| 1970 | Sunflower · as Executive Producer |
| 1970 | Macho Callahan · as Executive Producer |
| 1970 | The Adventurers · as Executive Producer |
| 1969 | Don't Drink the Water · as Executive Producer |
| 1969 | Stiletto · as Executive Producer |
| 1969 | Baby Love · as Executive Producer |
| 1968 | The Lion in Winter · as Executive Producer |
| 1967 | The Producers · as Executive Producer |
| 1967 | The Graduate · as Executive Producer |
| 1967 | The Wacky World of Mother Goose · as Executive Producer |
| 1967 | Woman Times Seven · as Executive Producer |
| 1967 | Robbery · as Executive Producer |
| 1967 | Mad Monster Party? · as Executive Producer |
| 1967 | The Caper of the Golden Bulls · as Executive Producer |
| 1967 | The Tiger and the Pussycat · as Executive Producer |
| 1966 | The Spy with a Cold Nose · as Executive Producer |
| 1966 | Where the Bullets Fly · as Executive Producer |
| 1966 | Nevada Smith · as Executive Producer |
| 1966 | The Oscar · as Executive Producer |
| 1966 | The Daydreamer · as Executive Producer |
| 1966 | A Man Called Adam · as Executive Producer |
| 1966 | The Idol · as Executive Producer |
| 1965 | The 10th Victim · as Executive Producer |
| 1965 | Sands of the Kalahari · as Executive Producer |
| 1965 | Hercules and the Princess of Troy · as Executive Producer |
| 1965 | Darling · as Executive Producer |
| 1965 | |
| 1964 | Marriage Italian Style · as Executive Producer |
| 1964 | Santa Claus Conquers the Martians · as Executive Producer |
| 1964 | |
| 1964 | |
| 1964 | |
| 1963 | |
| 1962 | Long Day's Journey Into Night · as Executive Producer |
| 1962 | Boys' Night Out · as Executive Producer |
| 1961 | |
| 1961 | Fury at Smugglers' Bay · as Executive Producer |
| 1960 | |
| 1959 | Uncle Was a Vampire · as Executive Producer |
| 1957 | Godzilla · as Executive Producer |
| 1956 | Godzilla: King of the Monsters! · as Executive Producer |
| 1945 |
| 2023 | Remembering Gene Wilder · as Self - Producer, The Producers |
| 1965 | Neues aus Hollywood · as Self - Interviewee (ep.: Harlow) |
| 1963 |