Art Linson is an American producer, screenwriter, and author.
Life and career Art Linson has produced movies in every decade since the seventies including Fight Club, Heat, The Untouchables, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Into the Wild, and Melvin and Howard.
Linson was an executive producer on the long-running FX television series Sons of Anarchy (2008–2014), as well as Yellowstone, starring Kevin Costner. Yellowstone premiered on June 20, 2018, on the Paramount Network. Yellowstone has become the most popular scripted series in television. Linson is also an executive producer on the TV series 1883 and 1923.
He is the author of two books, A Pound of Flesh: Perilous Tales of How to Produce Movies in Hollywood (1998) and What Just Happened?: Bitter Hollywood Tales from the Front Line, the last of which was made into a major motion picture starring Robert De Niro and directed by Barry Levinson.
Linson is married to British actress and writer Fiona Lewis.
Filmography He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.
Film Year Film Credit Notes 1975 Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins 1976 Car Wash 1978 American Hot Wax 1980 Where the Buffalo Roam Director Melvin and Howard 1982 Fast Times at Ridgemont High 1984 The Wild Life Director 1987 The Untouchables 1988 Scrooged 1989 Casualties of War We're No Angels 1990 Dick Tracy Executive producer 1992 Singles Executive producer 1993 Point of No Return This Boy's Life 1995 Heat 1997 The Edge 1998 Great Expectations 1999 Pushing Tin Fight Club 2000 Sunset Strip 2001 Heist 2004 Spartan Imaginary Heroes 2005 Lords of Dogtown Executive producer 2006 The Black Dahlia 2007 Into the Wild 2008 What Just Happened 2010 The Runaways 2016 The Comedian 2018 The Outsider Arrive Alive
As writer
Year Film 1978 American Hot Wax 2008 What Just Happened 2016 The Comedian
As director
Year Film 1980 Where the Buffalo Roam 1984 The Wild Life
Thanks
Year Film Role 1995 The Crossing Guard Special thanks
Television Year Film Credit Notes 1993 The Untouchables Executive producer 2012 Outlaw Country Executive producer Television film 2008−14 Sons of Anarchy Executive producer 2014 The Money Executive producer Television film 2018− Yellowstone Executive producer 2022 1883: The Road West Executive producer Television special 2021−22 1883 Executive producer 2022− 1923 Executive producer 6666 Executive producer
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