Barry Levy
Barry Levy | |
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Born | Barry Louis Levy September 4, 1972 Newton, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Occupation | Screenwriter |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Washington University in St. Louis |
Notable works | Vantage Point |
Spouse | Stacey Beth Davis (m. 2005) |
Barry Louis Levy (born September 4, 1972) is an American screenwriter best known as the writer of the 2008 film Vantage Point.
Career
Despite studying history and psychology at
assassination: "The question I asked myself was, if there had been someone on the grassy knoll when John F. Kennedy was shot, what would that story be and how would it break down?"[2] Unlike his previous scripts, a bid was made for Vantage Point the morning after its submission to studios in October 2004,[1] and several studios were interested.[3]
Levy is currently working on a screenplay for the upcoming film Rainbow Six, Last Man and The Button Man: The Killing Game.[3]
Personal life
Levy was born in
Los Angeles in between writing jobs,[2] having attended Greenhills School in Ann Arbor, Michigan himself.[1]
References
- ^ Ann Arbor News. Retrieved April 10, 2008.
- ^ Writers Guild of America, west. Archived from the originalon June 6, 2011. Retrieved 2008-04-10.
- ^ a b c d e f g Ordoña, Michael (February 21, 2008). "'Vantage Point' screenwriter in the catbird seat". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on April 30, 2008. Retrieved April 10, 2008.
- ^ "Stacey B. Davis and Barry L. Levy". Variety. September 15, 2005. Retrieved April 10, 2008.
External links
- Barry Levy at IMDb