Art Linson

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia 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 1984s 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 1582342407 which was adapted into the film What Just Happened and A Pound of Flesh Perilous Tales of How to Produce Movies in Hollywood ISBN 080213551X 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 coproducer Description above from the Wikipedia article Art Linson licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia