Art Linson
Born: 1942-03-16 in Chicago, Illinois, USA
Known For: Production
Biography
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. He produced Sunset Strip with his son John. 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). He is an executive producer for the FX drama series Sons of Anarchy. Linson produced a film based on the band The Runaways, with his son John Linson as a co-producer.
Filmography
2026
- Y: Marshals ... (Executive Producer)
2022
- 1923 ... (Executive Producer)
2021
- 1883 ... (Executive Producer)
2018
- Yellowstone ... (Executive Producer)
- The Outsider ... (Producer)
2016
- The Comedian ... (Story)
2010
- The Runaways ... (Producer)
2008
- Sons of Anarchy ... (Executive Producer)
- What Just Happened ... (Author)
2007
- Into the Wild ... (Producer)
2006
- The Black Dahlia ... (Producer)
- Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride as Self
2005
- Lords of Dogtown ... (Executive Producer)
- The Making of 'Heat' as Self
2004
- Imaginary Heroes ... (Producer)
- Spartan ... (Producer)
- The Untouchables: The Classic as Self
- The Untouchables: Re-Inventing the Genre as Self
- The Untouchables: The Script, the Cast as Self
2001
- Heist ... (Producer)
- The Making of 'Casualties of War' as Self
2000
- Sunset Strip ... (Producer)
1999
- Fight Club ... (Producer)
- Pushing Tin ... (Producer)
- Reliving Our Fast Times at Ridgemont High
1998
- Great Expectations ... (Producer)
1997
- The Edge ... (Producer)
1995
- Heat ... (Producer)
1993
- This Boy's Life ... (Producer)
- Point of No Return ... (Producer)
1992
- Singles ... (Executive Producer)
1990
- Dick Tracy ... (Executive Producer)
1989
- Casualties of War ... (Producer)
- We're No Angels ... (Producer)
1988
- Scrooged ... (Producer)
1987
- The Untouchables ... (Producer)
1984
- The Wild Life ... (Director)
1982
- Fast Times at Ridgemont High ... (Producer)
1980
- Where the Buffalo Roam ... (Director)
- Melvin and Howard ... (Producer)
1978
- American Hot Wax ... (Producer)
1976
- Car Wash ... (Producer)
1975
- Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins ... (Producer)