Art Linson
- Known for
- Production
- Born
- March 16, 1942, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Movies
- 35
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2018 | The Outsider | Producer |
| 2016 | The Comedian | Screenplay, Producer |
| 2010 | The Runaways | Producer |
| 2008 | What Just Happened | Writer, Producer |
| 2007 | Into the Wild | Producer |
| 2006 | The Black Dahlia | Producer |
| 2004 | Imaginary Heroes | Producer |
| 2004 | Spartan | Producer |
| 2001 | Heist | Producer |
| 2000 | Sunset Strip | Producer |
| 1999 | Fight Club | Producer |
| 1999 | Pushing Tin | Producer |
| 1998 | Great Expectations | Producer |
| 1997 | The Edge | Producer |
| 1995 | Heat | Producer |
| 1993 | This Boy's Life | Producer |
| 1993 | Point of No Return | Producer |
| 1989 | Casualties of War | Producer |
| 1989 | We're No Angels | Producer |
| 1988 | Scrooged | Producer |
| 1987 | The Untouchables | Producer |
| 1984 | The Wild Life | Director, Producer |
| 1982 | Fast Times at Ridgemont High | Producer |
| 1980 | Melvin and Howard | Producer |
| 1980 | Where the Buffalo Roam | Director, Producer |
| 1978 | American Hot Wax | Producer |
| 1976 | Car Wash | Producer |
| 1975 | Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins | Producer |
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