Linson, Art 1942–

PERSONAL

Full name, Arthur Larry Linson; born March 16, 1942, in Chicago, IL; married second wife, c. 1995; children: John (a producer). Education: University of California, Los Angeles, law degree, 1967; also attended University of California, Berkeley.

Addresses:

Office—Linson Films, 210 Palisades Ave., Santa Monica, CA 90402. Agent—John Burnham, International Creative Management, 10250 Constellation Way, Ninth Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90067.

Career:

Producer, director, and writer. Art Linson Productions, principal; Linson Films, Santa Monica, CA, principal; Indelible Pictures, Los Angeles, principal (with David Fincher), beginning 2000. Spin Dizzy (record company), former owner; also worked as a rock music manager with Lou Adler.

Member:

Directors Guild of America, Writers Guild of America, West.

CREDITS

Film Producer:

(With Michael Gruskoff) Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins (also known as Rafferty and the Highway Hustlers), Warner Bros., 1975.

(With Gary Stromberg) Car Wash, Universal, 1976.

American Hot Wax, Paramount, 1978.

(With Don Phillips) Melvin and Howard, Universal, 1980.

Where the Buffalo Roam, Universal, 1980.

(With Irving Azoff) Fast Times at Ridgemont High (also known as Fast Times), Universal, 1982.

(With Cameron Crowe and Phillips) The Wild Life, Universal, 1984.

The Untouchables, Paramount, 1987.

(With Richard Donner and Ray Hartwick) Scrooged, Paramount, 1988.

(With Fred Caruso) Casualties of War (also known as Outrages), Columbia, 1989.

We're No Angels, Paramount, 1989.

Point of No Return (also known as The Assassin, The Assassin—(Point of No Return), Codename—Nina, Codename: Nina, Girl No. 5, Nina, and The Specialist), Warner Bros., 1993.

This Boy's Life, Warner Bros., 1993.

Heat (also known as Tension), Warner Bros., 1995.

The Edge (also known as The Bear and the Brain, Bookworm, and The Wild), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1997.

Great Expectations, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1998.

Fight Club, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1999.

Pushing Tin (also known as Turbulenzen—und andere Katastrophen), Twentieth Century-Fox, 2000.

Sunset Strip (also known as Untitled Sunset Strip Project), Twentieth Century-Fox, 2000.

Heist (also known as Professional and Le vol), Warner Bros., 2001.

Imaginary Heroes, Sony Pictures Classics, 2004.

Spartan, Warner Bros., 2004.

Neverwas, Senator Films, 2005.

The Black Dahlia, Universal, 2006.

Into the Wild, Paramount Vantage, 2007.

Producer of other projects.

Film Executive Producer:

(With Barrie M. Osborne and Floyd Mutrux) Dick Tracy, Buena Vista, 1990.

Singles, Warner Bros., 1992.

Lords of Dogtown (also known as American Knights and Dogtown Boys), TriStar, 2005.

Film Director:

Where the Buffalo Roam, Universal, 1980.

The Wild Life, Universal, 1984.

Television Executive Producer; Series:

The Untouchables, syndicated, 1993-94.

Television Executive Producer; Pilots:

Sons of Anarchy (also known as Charming, CA and Forever Sam Crow), FX Network, c. 2008.

What Just Happened?, HBO, c. 2008.

Television Appearances; Specials:

The New Hollywood, NBC, 1990.

Himself, Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride: Hunter S. Thompson on Film, Starz!, 2006.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Himself, Sunday Morning Shootout, American Movie Classics, 2004.

RECORDINGS

Videos:

Himself, The Making of "Casualties of War" (short), Columbia/TriStar Home Entertainment, 2001.

Himself, The Untouchables: The Classic (short), Paramount Home Video, 2004.

Himself, The Untouchables: Re-inventing the Genre (short), Paramount Home Video, 2004.

Himself, The Untouchables: The Script, the Cast (short), Paramount Home Video, 2004.

Himself, The Making of "Heat," Warner Home Video, 2005.

Video Work:

Still photographer, The Making of "Heat," Warner Home Video, 2005.

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

(Story) American Hot Wax, Paramount, 1978.

(With Cameron Crowe) The Wild Life, Universal, 1984.

(Story) Sunset Strip (also known as Untitled Sunset Strip Project), Twentieth Century-Fox, 2000.

Wrote the screenplay Cover Me. Provided the stories for other films.

Teleplays; Pilots:

(With William Finkelstein) What Just Happened? (based on his book What Just Happened? Bitter Hollywood Tales from the Front Line), HBO, c. 2008.

Nonfiction:

A Pound of Flesh: Perilous Tales of How to Produce Movies in Europe, Grove Press, 1993.

What Just Happened? Bitter Hollywood Tales from the Front Line, Bloomsbury, 2002.