Art Linson

Born in Chicago, Linson grew up in Hollywood. He attended the University of California at Berkeley in 1960 and finished his degree at the University of California at Los Angeles. He graduated from UCLA Law School in 1967 but never practiced.In the 25 years since he produced his first motion picture, 'Art Linson' (qv) has distinguished himself in Hollywood by developing scripts and stories that attract the highest caliber talent, resulting in some of the most admired and successful motion pictures of the last two decades. Linson's credits range from such commercial and critical hits as _The Untouchables (1987)_ (qv) (winner of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor 'Sean Connery' (qv)), _Heat (1995)_ (qv) ('Robert De Niro' (qv) and 'Al Pacino' (qv)), _Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)_ (qv) ('Sean Penn' (qv)), _Car Wash (1976)_ (qv) and _Scrooged (1988)_ (qv), to unusual classics such as _Melvin and Howard (1980)_ (qv) (winner of two Academy 'Awards' (qv) for Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress, 'Mary Steenburgen' (qv)), _Fight Club (1999)_ (qv) ('Brad Pitt' (qv) and 'Edward Norton' (qv)), _The Edge (1997)_ (qv) ('Anthony Hopkins' (qv)), _Heist (2001)_ (qv) ('Gene Hackman' (qv)), _Casualties of War (1989)_ (qv) and _This Boy's Life (1993)_ (qv) ('Robert De Niro' (qv) and 'Leonardo DiCaprio' (qv)).In 1995, Linson published his first book, "A Pound of Flesh: Perilous Tales of How to Produce Movies in Hollywood". His second book, "What Just Happened? Bitter Hollywood Tales From the Front Line", was published in 2002.::Anonymous