Joseph E. Levine

Known for ProductionBorn 1905-09-09Died 1987-07-31Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Joseph Edward Levine (September 9, 1905 – July 31, 1987) was an American film distributor, financier and producer. At the time of his death, it was said he was involved in one or another capacity with 497 films. Levine was responsible for the American releases of Godzilla, King of the Monsters!, Attila and Hercules, which helped revolutionize American film marketing, and was founder and president of Embassy Pictures. Levine's biggest hit was director Mike Nichols' The Graduate (1967), a blockbuster hit that was considered, then and now, a watershed film that inaugurated the New Hollywood and made Dustin Hoffman a superstar. At the time of its release, The Graduate became one of the Top Ten All-Time Box Office hits. With the great success of the film, Levine sold his company to the conglomerate Avco, though he continued on as the CEO of the renamed Avco-Embassy film production division. Other films produced and/or financed by Levine included Two Women (1960), Contempt (1963), The 10th Victim (1965), Marriage Italian Style (1964), The Lion in Winter (1968), The Producers (1968), Carnal Knowledge (1971) and The Night Porter (1974). After leaving Avco-Embassy, he became an independent again, producing A Bridge Too Far (1977). Description above from the Wikipedia article Joseph E. Levine, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.Read more

Movies & web series

Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean

DoDo, The Kid from Outer Space

The Graduate

Sunflower

Trinity Is Still My Name

The Lion in Winter

Zulu

A Bridge Too Far

Contempt

Long Day's Journey Into Night

Magic

Godzilla

Soldier Blue

Nevada Smith

Darling

Carnal Knowledge

Showman

Mad Monster Party?

Robbery

Godzilla, King of the Monsters!

The Caper of the Golden Bulls

Woman Times Seven

Where Love Has Gone

The Day of the Dolphin

The Carpetbaggers

Boys' Night Out

Fury at Smugglers' Bay

Rivals

Harlow

C.C. and Company

Generation

Don't Drink the Water

Stiletto

Thumb Tripping

The Wonders of Aladdin

The Daydreamer

Tattoo

The Idol

The Ski Bum

Macho Callahan

The Wacky World of Mother Goose

The Spy with a Cold Nose

Santa Claus Conquers the Martians