1942 - Today
Barry Lee Levinson (born April 6, 1942) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. His best-known works are mid-budget comedy drama and drama films such as Diner (1982), The Natural (1984), Good Morning, Vietnam (1987), Bugsy (1991), and Wag the Dog (1997). Levinson won the Academy Award for Best Director for Rain Man (1988). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Barry Levinson has received more than 3,068,144 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Barry Levinson is the 241st most popular film director (down from 216th in 2019), the 1,630th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,416th in 2019) and the 70th most popular American Film Director.
Barry Levinson is most famous for his work as a director and screenwriter.
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Among film directors, Barry Levinson ranks 241 out of 1,581. Before him are Arthur Penn, Raoul Walsh, Julien Duvivier, Youssef Chahine, Mario Monicelli, and John G. Avildsen. After him are Jane Campion, Mikhail Kalatozov, Stanley Donen, Mauritz Stiller, David Hamilton, and Gojko Mitić.
1922 - 2010
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 235
1887 - 1980
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 236
1896 - 1967
HPI: 58.94
Rank: 237
1926 - 2008
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 238
1915 - 2010
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 239
1935 - 2017
HPI: 58.85
Rank: 240
1942 - Present
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 241
1954 - Present
HPI: 58.78
Rank: 242
1903 - 1973
HPI: 58.76
Rank: 243
1924 - 2019
HPI: 58.75
Rank: 244
1883 - 1928
HPI: 58.73
Rank: 245
1933 - 2016
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 246
1940 - Present
HPI: 58.70
Rank: 247
Among people born in 1942, Barry Levinson ranks 118. Before him are Prince Michael of Kent, Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, Bert Sakmann, László Sólyom, Anita Pallenberg, and Vladimir Bukovsky. After him are Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, Sixto Rodriguez, Samuel R. Delany, Jim Rogers, Carlos Monzón, and Roger Ebert.
1942 - Present
HPI: 59.26
Rank: 112
1942 - Present
HPI: 59.10
Rank: 113
1942 - Present
HPI: 59.01
Rank: 114
1942 - 2023
HPI: 58.94
Rank: 115
1942 - 2017
HPI: 58.90
Rank: 116
1942 - 2019
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 117
1942 - Present
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 118
1942 - Present
HPI: 58.82
Rank: 119
1942 - 2023
HPI: 58.65
Rank: 120
1942 - Present
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 121
1942 - Present
HPI: 58.53
Rank: 122
1942 - 1995
HPI: 58.52
Rank: 123
1942 - 2013
HPI: 58.49
Rank: 124
Among people born in United States, Barry Levinson ranks 1,630 out of 18,182. Before him are George Stigler (1911), John G. Avildsen (1935), Leroy Anderson (1908), Rami Malek (1981), Elisha Gray (1835), and Jerry West (1938). After him are Cochise (1805), Tecumseh (1768), Kirstie Alley (1951), James Baldwin (1924), Chris Pratt (1979), and Evander Holyfield (1962).
1911 - 1991
HPI: 58.87
Rank: 1,624
1935 - 2017
HPI: 58.85
Rank: 1,625
1908 - 1975
HPI: 58.85
Rank: 1,626
1981 - Present
HPI: 58.85
Rank: 1,627
1835 - 1901
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 1,628
1938 - Present
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 1,629
1942 - Present
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 1,630
1805 - 1874
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 1,631
1768 - 1813
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 1,632
1951 - 2022
HPI: 58.82
Rank: 1,633
1924 - 1987
HPI: 58.81
Rank: 1,634
1979 - Present
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 1,635
1962 - Present
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 1,636
Among film directors born in United States, Barry Levinson ranks 70. Before him are Joseph Losey (1909), George Stevens (1904), Richard Fleischer (1916), Arthur Penn (1922), Raoul Walsh (1887), and John G. Avildsen (1935). After him are Stanley Donen (1924), Edwin S. Porter (1870), Tex Avery (1908), Zack Snyder (1966), Tobe Hooper (1943), and George Roy Hill (1921).
1909 - 1984
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 64
1904 - 1975
HPI: 59.39
Rank: 65
1916 - 2006
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 66
1922 - 2010
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 67
1887 - 1980
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 68
1935 - 2017
HPI: 58.85
Rank: 69
1942 - Present
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 70
1924 - 2019
HPI: 58.75
Rank: 71
1870 - 1941
HPI: 58.53
Rank: 72
1908 - 1980
HPI: 58.33
Rank: 73
1966 - Present
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 74
1943 - 2017
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 75
1921 - 2002
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 76