Art Linson
Production
Born 1942-03-16
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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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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Filmography
Producing
39 credits
Yellowstone
Sons of Anarchy
Dutton Ranch
Fight Club
Marshals
1923
1883
Heat
The Madison
The Untouchables
Into the Wild
This Boy's Life
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Dick Tracy
The Edge
Great Expectations
Scrooged
The Black Dahlia
Lords of Dogtown
Casualties of War
Point of No Return
Pushing Tin
Singles
Heist
The Runaways
We're No Angels
The Outsider
Spartan
Car Wash
The Wild Life
Where the Buffalo Roam
Melvin and Howard
1883: The Road West
1944
Sunset Strip
Imaginary Heroes
Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins
American Hot Wax
The Challenger
Acting
6 credits
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
The Untouchables: The Script, the Cast
The Making of 'Heat'
The Untouchables: Re-Inventing the Genre
The Making of 'Casualties of War'
The Untouchables: The Classic
Directing
2 credits
Writing
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Other credits
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