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  2. [6] [7] [8] [9] After growing up in Forest Park, Baltimore and graduating from Forest Park Senior High School in 1960, Levinson attended Baltimore City Community College and American University in Washington, D.C. at the American University School of Communication, where he studied broadcast journalism.

  3. Sep 19, 2024 · Barry Levinson (born April 6, 1942, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.) is an American film director and screenwriter known for his versatility. Levinson worked as a comedy writer for Carol Burnett and Mel Brooks in the 1970s.

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  4. Barry Lee Levinson was born in Baltimore, Maryland, to Violet (Krichinsky) and Irvin Levinson, who worked in furniture and appliance. He is of Russian Jewish descent. Levinson graduated from high school in 1960, attended college at American University in Washington, DC.

    • April 6, 1942
  5. In his two-hour-and-fifteen-minute interview, Barry Levinson discusses growing up in Baltimore and attending American University, where he first became interested in pursuing a career in radio or television.

  6. LEVINSON, Barry 1942-. PERSONAL: Born April 6, 1942, in Baltimore, MD; son of Irv (in appliance business) and Vi (Krichinsky) Levinson; married Valerie Curtin (a screenwriter and actress; divorced, 1982); married Diana Mona (an artist); children: Jack, Sam, Patrick Mona, Michelle Mona. Education: Attended Community College of Baltimore and ...

  7. Apr 20, 2022 · Levinson, then 40, wrote the project — inspired by his own experiences growing up in Baltimore — specifically for himself to direct.

  8. The story of two Jewish boys growing up in Baltimore in the ’50s, that film featured the familiar Levinson themes of family ties, ethnic tension, Cold War anxiety, and the growing pains of a changing society.