Biografía
In the 25 years since he produced his first motion picture, Art Linson has distinguished himself in Hollywood by developing screenplays that attract the highest caliber talent, resulting in some of the most admired and successful motion pictures of the last two decades. Linson’s credits range from such commercial and critical hits as “The Untouchables” (winner of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Sean Connery), “Heat” (Robert De Niro and Al Pacino), “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” (Sean Penn), “Car Wash” and “Scrooged”, to unusual classics such as “Melvin and Howard” (Academy Award winner for Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress, Mary Steenburgen), “Fight Club” (Brad Pitt and Edward Norton), “The Edge” (Anthony Hopkins), “Heist” (Gene Hackman), “Casualties of War” and “This Boy’s Life” (Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio).
Born in Chicago, Linson grew up in Hollywood. He attended the University of California at Berkeley in 1960 and finished his degree at the University of California at Los Angeles. He graduated from UCLA Law School in 1967.
In 1995, Linson published his first book, A Pound of Flesh: Perilous Tales of How to Produce Movies in Hollywood. His second book, published in 2002, What Just Happened?
Sony Pictures Classics
Productor
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2018 |
The Outsider |
2010 |
The Runaways |
2008 |
Algo pasa en Hollywood |
2007 |
Hacia rutas salvajes |
2006 |
La dalia negra |
2004 |
Héroes imaginarios |
Spartan |
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2001 |
El último golpe |
2000 |
Sunset Strip |
1999 |
El club de la lucha |
Fuera de control |
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1998 |
Grandes esperanzas |
1997 |
El desafío |
1995 |
Heat |
1993 |
La asesina |
Vida de este chico |
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1989 |
Corazones de hierro |
Nunca fuimos ángeles |
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1988 |
Los fantasmas atacan al jefe |
1987 |
Los intocables de Eliot Ness |
1984 |
The Wild Life |
1982 |
Aquel excitante curso |
1980 |
Melvin y Howard |
Where the Buffalo Roam |
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1978 |
American Hot Wax |
1976 |
Un mundo aparte |
1975 |
Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins |
Guionista
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2016 |
The Comedian |
2008 |
Algo pasa en Hollywood |
Escritor
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2008 |
Algo pasa en Hollywood - libro |
Director
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1984 |
The Wild Life |
1980 |
Where the Buffalo Roam |
Actor
Documental | |
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2006 |
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride: Hunter S. Thompson on Film |
2005 |
The Making of 'Heat' |
Protagonista
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2003 |
Sunday Morning Shootout |