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.
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Movies (40)
1883: The Road West
2022 · Executive Producer
The Outsider
2018 · Producer
El Comediante
2016 · Story, Screenplay, Producer
The Runaways: Unidas por un sueño
2010 · Producer
Los realizadores
2008 · Author, Writer, Producer
Camino salvaje
2007 · Producer
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
2006 · Self
La Dalia Negra
2006 · Producer
Los Amos de Dogtown
2005 · Executive Producer
The Making of Heat
2005 · Self
The Untouchables: Re-Inventing the Genre
2004 · Self
The Untouchables: The Script, the Cast
2004 · Self
The Untouchables: The Classic
2004 · Self
Imaginary Heroes
2004 · Producer
Búsqueda desesperada
2004 · Producer
The Making of 'Casualties of War'
2001 · Self
Un Plan Perfecto
2001 · Producer
Sunset Strip
2000 · Producer
Reliving Our Fast Times at Ridgemont High
1999
El club de la pelea
1999 · Producer
Pushing Tin
1999 · Producer
Grandes Esperanzas
1998 · Producer
Al filo del peligro
1997 · Producer
Fuego contra Fuego
1995 · Producer
Mi vida como hijo
1993 · Producer
La Asesina
1993 · Producer
Singles
1992 · Executive Producer
Dick Tracy
1990 · Executive Producer
Casualties of War
1989 · Producer
We're No Angels
1989 · Producer
Scrooged
1988 · Producer
The Untouchables
1987 · Producer
The Wild Life
1984 · Director, Producer
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
1982 · Producer
Melvin and Howard
1980 · Producer
Where the Buffalo Roam
1980 · Director, Producer
American Hot Wax
1978 · Producer
Car Wash
1976 · Producer
Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins
1975 · Producer
The Challenger
· Producer
