Barry Levinson is an Academy Award®-winning director, screenwriter, and producer, whose contributions to the entertainment industry span five decades.

Levinson received an Academy Award® for Best Director in 1988 for the multi-Academy Award©-winning Rain Man, starring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise. Throughout his career, he has received ten Academy Award® nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director, for his work in 1991’s Bugsy. As a screenwriter, Levinson has received three Academy Award® nominations for …And Justice for All, Diner, and Avalon.