Peter Levin is an American director of film, television and theatre.

Career

Since 1967, Levin has amassed a large number of credits directing episodic television and television films. Some of his television series credits include '' Love Is a Many Splendored Thing'', '' James at 15'', '' The Paper Chase'', ''

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'', '' Starsky & Hutch'', '' Lou Grant'', '' Fame'', ''

Cagney & Lacey ''Cagney & Lacey'' is an American police procedural drama television series that aired on the CBS television network for seven seasons from March 25, 1982, to May 16, 1988. The show is about two New York City police detectives who lead very di ...

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Law & Order ''Law & Order'' is an American police procedural and legal drama television series created by Dick Wolf and produced by Wolf Entertainment, launching the '' Law & Order'' franchise. ''Law & Order'' aired its entire run on NBC, premiering o ...

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Judging Amy ''Judging Amy'' is an American legal drama television series that was telecast from September 19, 1999, through May 3, 2005, on CBS. This TV series starred Amy Brenneman and Tyne Daly. Its main character (Brenneman) is a judge who serves in a ...

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Film Reference Some of his television film credits include '' Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case'' (1980), '' A Reason to Live'' (1985), '' Popeye Doyle'' (1986), ''

A Killer Among Us ''A Killer Among Us'' is a 1990 drama/ thriller TV film directed by Peter Levin and starring Jasmine Guy and Anna Maria Horsford. Plot Theresa is one of the twelve juror A jury is a sworn body of people (jurors) convened to hear evidence a ...

'' (1990), '' Queen Sized'' (2008) and among other films. Prior to becoming a director, Levin worked as an actor in several

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productions. He trained at the

Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. One of its predecessors was established in 1900 by Andrew Carnegie as the Carnegie Technical Schools; it became the Carnegie Institute of Technology ...

. Eventually becoming a theatre director, he directed productions at the

Long Wharf Theatre Long Wharf Theatre is a nonprofit institution in New Haven, Connecticut, a pioneer in the not-for-profit regional theatre movement, the originator of several prominent plays, and a venue where many internationally known actors have appeared. Fou ...

and the

Pacific Resident Theatre Pacific Resident Theatre (PRT) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit theatre company located at 703 Venice Boulevard in Venice, California. It was founded as an actors cooperative in Venice's arts district in 1985 and is dedicated to producing both classic ...

Company. He also co-founded the off-off-Broadway Loft Theatre and was also an associate artist of The Interact Theatre Company.Peter Levin biography
at Movies on TNT

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Levin, Peter American film directors American television directors English-language film directors American theatre directors Carnegie Mellon University College of Fine Arts alumni Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people)