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  • BIRTH 16/03/1942
  • Country United States
  • DIRECTOR 1
  • SCRIPT 2
  • PRODUCTION 28

Art Linson

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.

Art Linson

Director

Where the Buffalo Roam
Where the Buffalo Roam

Script (2)

What Just Happened
What Just Happened
The Comedian
The Comedian

Production (28)

Fight Club
Fight Club
Heat
Heat
Into the Wild
Into the Wild
The Untouchables
The Untouchables
Scrooged
Scrooged
The Black Dahlia
The Black Dahlia
Casualties of War
Casualties of War
The Edge
The Edge
Dick Tracy
Dick Tracy
The Outsider
The Outsider
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
What Just Happened
What Just Happened
Heist
Heist
Great Expectations
Great Expectations
The Comedian
The Comedian
Pushing Tin
Pushing Tin
Lords of Dogtown
Lords of Dogtown
This Boy's Life
This Boy's Life
The Runaways
The Runaways
Spartan
Spartan
Melvin and Howard
Melvin and Howard
Car Wash
Car Wash
Point of No Return
Point of No Return
Imaginary Heroes
Imaginary Heroes
We're No Angels
We're No Angels
Sunset Strip
Sunset Strip
Singles
Singles
Where the Buffalo Roam
Where the Buffalo Roam