Levitas feature film directorial debut Lullaby from his own screenplay stars Amy Adams Richard Jenkins Terrence Howard Jennifer Hudson and Garrett Hedlund The film an exploration of patients rights was described by Pete Hammond Deadline as a strong human drama with Jenkins a true actors actor delivering a very Oscarworthy supporting turn Levitas latest directing project Minamata follows photojournalist W Eugene Smith who takes on a secret commission by Life magazine and travels to the Japanese coastal town of Minamata to expose corporate negligence and government coverups by documenting one of the worlds most horrifying environmental disasters Levitas has also produced The White Crow Ralph Fiennes Adele Exarchopoulos My Zoe Julie Delpy Daniel Brühl Gemma Arterton Georgetown Vanessa Redgrave Annette Bening Farming Kate Beckinsale Gugu MbathaRaw The Gateway Bruce Dern Olivia Munn Frank Grillo and The Quarry Michael Shannon among others Levitas maintains studios in New York and London He is Global Patron of The Wilderness Foundation