Art Linson (b. 1942 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American film producer, director and screenwriter. 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. Linson has produced such films as 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's also worked with Michael Mann, David Mamet and Cameron Crowe. Flag Seal Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location Location in Chicagoland and northern Illinois Coordinates , Government Country State Counties United States Illinois Cook, DuPage Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 606. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... Screenwriters, scenarists or script writers, are authors who write the screenplays from which movies and television programs are made. ... // Events April 30 - The Roger Daltrey film, McVicar, opens in London. ... Airplane! is considered by some critics to be one of the funniest movies of all time. ... Movie poster Where the Buffalo Roam is the title of a film from 1980. ... Hunter Stockton Thompson (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) was an American journalist and author. ... Bill Murray William James Murray (born September 21, 1950) is an Academy Award-nominated American comedian, actor, producer, director and poet. ... Typical American multi-bay car wash, with an automatic touchless bay at the far left and manual bays on the right. ... Ridgemont High School redirects here. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Melvin and Howard was a 1980 movie directed by Jonathan Demme and written by Bo Goldman, based upon the claims of Utah service station owner Melvin Dummar concerning a purported will written by Howard Hughes, leaving Dummar 1/16th of his $2 billion estate, which would have amounted to $156... Brian De Palma Brian De Palma (born September 11, 1940 in Newark, New Jersey) is an Italian-American film director. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Film poster for Casualties of War Casualties of War is a 1989 war movie about the Vietnam War, starring Michael J. Fox and Sean Penn. ... The Black Dahlia is an upcoming 2006 film directed by Brian De Palma. ... Michael Mann is the name of: Michael Mann (film director) (born 1943) Michael Mann (scientist), climate researcher. ... David Alan Mamet (born November 30, 1947) is an American playwright, screenwriter, director, poet, essayist and novelist. ... Cameron Crowe Cameron Bruce Crowe (born July 13, 1957) is an American writer and film director. ...

His writing credits include the film American Hot Wax and two books, What Just Happened? Bitter Hollywood Tales from the Front Line (ISBN 1-582-34240-7), which is beign developed into a film, and A Pound of Flesh: Perilous Tales of How to Produce Movies in Hollywood (ISBN 0-802-13551-X). American Hot Wax is a 1978 biopic film telling the story of disc jockey Alan Freed who was instrumental in introducing and popularizing rock n roll in the 1950s. ...

Filmography

As producer

• Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins (1975)
• Car Wash (1976)
• American Hot Wax (1978)
• Where the Buffalo Roam (1980)
• Melvin and Howard (1980)
• Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
• The Wild Life (1984)
• The Untouchables (1987)
• Scrooged (1988)
• Casualties of War (1989)
• We're No Angels (1989)
• Dick Tracy (1990)
• Singles (1992)
• Point of No Return (1993)
• This Boy's Life (1993)
• Heat (1995)
• The Edge (1997)
• Great Expectations
• Pushing Tin (1999)
• Fight Club (1999)
• Sunset Strip (2000)
• Heist (2001)
• Spartan (2004)
• Imaginary Heroes (2004)
• Lords of Dogtown (2005)
• The Black Dahlia (2006)
• Into the Wild (2007)
• What Just Happened? (2007)
• The Untouchables: Capone Rising (2008)

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External link

• Art Linson at the Internet Movie Database