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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.

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).

Linson is currently producing a film based on the band The Runaways, with his son John Linson as a co-producer.^[1]

Filmography

As producer

• Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins (1975)
• Car Wash (1976)
• American Hot Wax (1978)
• Where the Buffalo Roam (1980) (Also Director)
• Melvin and Howard (1980)
• Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
• The Wild Life (1984) (Also Director)
• 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 (1998)
• 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 (2008)
• The Untouchables: Capone Rising (2008)
• The Runaways (2010)

References

External links

• Art Linson at the Internet Movie Database