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Art Linson (b. 1942)

Birthplace:
Chicago, Illinois, USA

Born:
March 16, 1942

Biography from TheMovieDB

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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Film Performances

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Film Production

Author:
2008  What Just Happened

Director:
1980  Where the Buffalo Roam
1984  The Wild Life
2008  What Just Happened

Executive Producer:
1980  Where the Buffalo Roam
1984  The Wild Life
1990  Dick Tracy
1992  Singles
2005  Lords of Dogtown
2008  What Just Happened

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

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

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

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

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TV Production

Executive Producer:
2008  Sons of Anarchy
2018  Yellowstone
2021  1883
2022  1923
????  1944
????  The Madison

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