Art Linson

Known for ProductionBorn 1942-03-16 (age 84)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 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.Read more

Movies & web series

Dutton Ranch

Sons of Anarchy

1883

1923

Yellowstone

Fight Club

The Madison

Marshals

Into the Wild

Heat

The Untouchables

The Untouchables: Re-Inventing the Genre

The Untouchables: The Script, the Cast

Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride

Lords of Dogtown

This Boy's Life

Casualties of War

The Making of 'Casualties of War'

The Edge

Scrooged

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Great Expectations

The Runaways

The Untouchables: The Classic

Imaginary Heroes

The Outsider

Singles

Heist

Melvin and Howard

The Making of 'Heat'

Spartan

Point of No Return

Dick Tracy

We're No Angels

Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins

The Wild Life

Reliving Our Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Pushing Tin

The Comedian

Where the Buffalo Roam

Car Wash

The Black Dahlia

What Just Happened

American Hot Wax

Sunset Strip

The Challenger

1944