Andrew Levitas was born on September 4,1977 and is an American painter, sculptor, filmmaker, actor, writer, producer, photographer and restaurateur.
18 Facts About Andrew Levitas
1.
2.
Andrew Levitas attended Horace Mann School and then Dalton School in Manhattan.
3.
Andrew Levitas graduated in 2000 with a degree from the Gallatin School of NYU.
4.
Andrew Levitas' installations are each composed of multi-paneled interlocking metal sheets whose collective impact transcends their individual materiality.
5.
Andrew Levitas' work has garnered attention through top auction houses, museums, and art fairs.
6.
Andrew Levitas brought to life director Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje's own story in Farming.
7.
In 2018, Andrew Levitas produced My Zoe from writer and director Julie Delpy.
8.
Andrew Levitas produced 2019 film Georgetown from Christoph Waltz in his feature directorial debut.
9.
Also a part-time professor at New York University, Andrew Levitas has taught a course called "The Artist's Mind" for over a decade.
10.
Recently, Andrew Levitas taught a masterclass at the Goulandris Foundation in Athens as the Artist in Residence, alongside other environmentalists, as well at the Barbican in 2023.
11.
Since October 2013, Andrew Levitas has been in a relationship with Welsh classical-crossover singer Katherine Jenkins.
12.
Andrew Levitas was previously co-owner of West Village hotspot Play and is current part-owner of SoHo restaurants Little Prince and Lola Taverna.
13.
In 2022, Andrew Levitas launched Cygnet Distillery Gin in partnership with his wife.
14.
Andrew Levitas has been an outspoken advocate on environmental protection and wildlife conservation and has spoken on these issues at numerous events around the world.
15.
In 2020, Andrew Levitas was joined by Frans Timmermans, Executive Vice President of the European Commission, and Jeremy Wates, Secretary General, European Environmental Bureau, and others at the European Environmental Bureau and gave a speech on strategies for sustainability.
16.
In 2021, Andrew Levitas spoke at UNEP's Cop 4 Indonesia - with Senior Policy Coordination Officer, Claudia Ten Have.
17.
In June 2023, Andrew Levitas presented and spoke at the Cop-5 Briefing hosted by the United Nations Environment Programme, alongside others including Monika Stankiewicz of the Minamata Convention, Kenneth Davis of the Chemicals and Health branch of UNEP and Christian Hofer of the Global Environment Facility.
18.
Andrew Levitas is the global patron for the Wilderness Foundation and an Ambassador of Tusk Trust.