1. Marc Levin is an American independent film producer and director.
13 Facts About Marc Levin
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Marc Levin is best known for his Brick City TV series, which won the 2010 Peabody award and was nominated for an Emmy for Exceptional Merit in Nonfiction Filmmaking and his dramatic feature film, Slam, which won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival and the Camera d'Or at Cannes in 1998.
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Marc Levin has received three Emmy Awards and the 1997 DuPont-Columbia Award.
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Marc Levin attended Wesleyan University, and has described the university as key in shaping his career in film.
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In 1989, Marc Levin was awarded a writing Emmy for the WCBS TV Special New York Non-Stop as well as a nomination for Outstanding Magazine Show.
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In 1997, Marc Levin was awarded the duPont-Columbia award for CIA: America's Secret Warriors, a three-part series that aired on the Discovery Channel.
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In 2000, Marc Levin directed Whiteboyz, a comedy about white kids who want to be black rappers, starred Danny Hoch, Dash Mihok, Mark Webber, and Piper Perabo.
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In Twilight Los Angeles, an adaptation of Anna Deavere Smith's one-woman show, Marc Levin fused a Broadway play with a documentary look at the 1992 Los Angeles riots.
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In 2008 Marc Levin was executive producer alongside Beyonce Knowles on Cadillac Records, the Chess Records story starring Jeffrey Wright, Adrien Brody, and Beyonce.
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Marc Levin periodically directed episodes of the classic TV series, Law and Order.
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Marc Levin directed The Home Front with Bill Moyers, which was honored with the duPont-Columbia Gold Baton Award in 1992.
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Marc Levin continued his 20-year working relationship with HBO: Hard Times: Lost on Long Island in 2011, Prayer for a Perfect Season in 2012 and Class Divide in 2015.
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Marc Levin co-produced the 2017 documentary Baltimore Rising directed by Sonja Sohn.