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For
two decades, Brian Levant (Director) has kept audiences
laughing, first as a writer/producer of such popular
television series as Happy Days and Mork & Mindy
and more recently as the director of the motion pictures
Beethoven, The Flintstones and Jingle All The Way.
Born and raised in Chicago, Levant began his career
in 1977 as a story editor on Happy Days. After moving
on to produce The Bad News Bears and Mork & Mindy,
he returned to Happy Days as supervising producer in
1982 for the series final two seasons.
In
1982 Levant wrote the teleplay for the movie-of-the-week
Still The Beaver, which was CB's highest rated MOW of
the year, paving the way for the 1984-1989 New Leave
it to Beaver series, for which he served as executive
producer. In 1989 he won the CableACE Award for Best
Director of a Comedy Series.
During
the past six years, Levant has turned his attention
to writing and directing feature films. In addition
to directing The Flintstones, Beethoven and Problem
Child 2, he has written a number of motion picture screenplays,
including Friday Night Lights, Leave it to Beaver, I
Raised a Teenager and the upcoming Bad Haircut from
Propaganda Films.
A
graduate from the University of New Mexico, Levant currently
resides outside Los Angeles with his wife Allison and
their three children.
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