# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/barry-levinson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:07:59.331Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/barry-levinson"
name: "Barry Levinson"
slug: "barry-levinson"
description: "Barry Levinson is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Levinson won the Academy Award for Best Director for Rain Man (1988). His other best-known works are Diner (1982), The Natural (1984), Good Morning, Vietnam (1987), Bugsy (1991), and Wag the Dog (1997). In 2021, he co-executive produced the Hulu miniseries Dopesick and directed the first two episodes."
tagline: "American screenwriter, film director, actor, and producer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Barry_Levinson_-_The_Natural.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "director"
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birthDate: "1942-04-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  currentAttention:     7.48
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: 250
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0001469"
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    url:       "http://www.levinson.com"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump