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Art Linson

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Art Linson
Born
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Occupation(s)Film producer, screenwriter
SpouseFiona Lewis

Art Linson is an American producer, screenwriter, and author.[1]

Life and career

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Art Linson has produced movies in every decade since the seventies including Fight Club, Heat, The Untouchables, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Into the Wild, and Melvin and Howard.

Linson was an executive producer on the long-running FX television series Sons of Anarchy (2008-2014), as well as Yellowstone, starring Kevin Costner. Yellowstone premiered on June 20, 2018, on the Paramount Network. Yellowstone has become the most popular scripted series in television. Linson is an executive producer on the tv series 1883 and 1923.

He is the author of two books, A Pound of Flesh: Perilous Tales of How to Produce Movies in Hollywood (1998) and What Just Happened?: Bitter Hollywood Tales from the Front Line, the last of which was made into a major motion picture starring Robert De Niro and directed by Barry Levinson.

Linson is married to British actress and writer Fiona Lewis.

Filmography

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He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

Film

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Year Film Credit Notes Ref.
1975 Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins
1976 Car Wash
1978 American Hot Wax
1980 Where the Buffalo Roam
Melvin and Howard
1982 Fast Times at Ridgemont High
1984 The Wild Life
1987 The Untouchables
1988 Scrooged
1989 Casualties of War
We're No Angels
1990 Dick Tracy Executive producer
1992 Singles Executive producer
1993 Point of No Return
This Boy's Life
1995 Heat
1997 The Edge
1998 Great Expectations
1999 Pushing Tin
Fight Club
2000 Sunset Strip
2001 Heist
2004 Spartan
Imaginary Heroes
2005 Lords of Dogtown Executive producer
2006 The Black Dahlia
2007 Into the Wild
2008 What Just Happened
2010 The Runaways
2016 The Comedian
2018 The Outsider
Arrive Alive
As writer
Year Film
1978 American Hot Wax
2008 What Just Happened
2016 The Comedian
As director
Year Film
1980 Where the Buffalo Roam
1984 The Wild Life
Thanks
Year Film Role
1995 The Crossing Guard Special thanks

Television

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Year Film Credit Notes
1993 The Untouchables Executive producer
2012 Outlaw Country Executive producer Television film
2008−14 Sons of Anarchy Executive producer
2014 The Money Executive producer Television film
2018− Yellowstone Executive producer
2022 1883: The Road West Executive producer Television special
2021−22 1883 Executive producer
2022− 1923 Executive producer
TBA 6666 Executive producer

References

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  1. ^ "Art Linson". The New York Times. Archived from the original on May 25, 2008. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
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