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Art Linson
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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 Roa…
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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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2026
Dutton Ranch
TV show Executive Producer
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2026
The Madison
TV show Executive Producer
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2026
Marshals
TV show Executive Producer
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2022
1923
TV show Executive Producer
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2022
1883: The Road West
Movie Executive Producer
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2021
1883
TV show Executive Producer
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2018
Yellowstone
TV show Executive Producer
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2018
The Outsider
Movie Producer
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2016
The Comedian
Movie Story
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2010
The Runaways
Movie Producer
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2008
What Just Happened
Movie Author
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2008
Sons of Anarchy
TV show Executive Producer
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2007
Into the Wild
Movie Producer
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2006
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
Movie Self
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2006
The Black Dahlia
Movie Producer
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2005
Lords of Dogtown
Movie Executive Producer
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2005
The Making of 'Heat'
Movie Self
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2004
The Untouchables: The Script, the Cast
Movie Self
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2004
The Untouchables: Re-Inventing the Genre
Movie Self
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2004
The Untouchables: The Classic
Movie Self
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2004
Imaginary Heroes
Movie Producer
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2004
Spartan
Movie Producer
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2001
The Making of 'Casualties of War'
Movie Self
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2001
Heist
Movie Producer
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2000
Sunset Strip
Movie Producer
- 1999
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1999
Fight Club
Movie Producer
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1999
Pushing Tin
Movie Producer
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1998
Great Expectations
Movie Producer
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1997
The Edge
Movie Producer
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1995
Heat
Movie Producer
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1993
This Boy's Life
Movie Producer
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1993
Point of No Return
Movie Producer
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1992
Singles
Movie Executive Producer
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1990
Dick Tracy
Movie Executive Producer
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1989
Casualties of War
Movie Producer
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1989
We're No Angels
Movie Producer
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1988
Scrooged
Movie Producer
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1987
The Untouchables
Movie Producer
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1984
The Wild Life
Movie Director
