| ACHIEVEMENTS |
1971
MARTY FELDMAN COMEDY MACHINE
Writer (England)
1974
CAROL BURNETT SHOW
* Winner Emmy Award for TV Comedy Writing
1975
CAROL BURNETT SHOW
* Winner Emmy Award for TV Comedy Writing
1976
SILENT MOVIE
Writer (With Mel Brooks, Ron Clark & Rudy DeLuca)
1977
HIGH ANXIETY
Writer (With Mel Brooks, Rudy DeLuca & Ron Clark)
1979
AND JUSTICE FOR ALL
Writer (With Valerie Curtin)
* Academy Award Nomination for Best Original Screenplay
1980
INSIDE MOVES
Writer (With Valerie Curtin)
1982
DINER
Writer/Director
* Academy Award Nomination for Best Original Screenplay
1983
BEST FRIENDS
Writer (With Valerie Curtin)
1984
THE NATURAL
Director
1984
UNFAITHFULLY YOURS
Writer (Wtth Valerie Curtin)
1985
YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES
Director
1987
TIN MEN
Writer/Director
1987
GOOD MORNING VIETNAM
Director
1988
RAIN MAN
Director
* Winner Academy Award for Best Picture 1988
* Winner Academy Award for Best Director
* Winner Directors Guild Award for Best Director
1989
AVALON
Writer/Director
* Winner Writers Guild Award for Best Screenplay
* Academy Award Nomination for Best Original Screenplay
1990
AVALON, TIN MEN AND DINER
Three Screenplays
Published By Atlantic Monthly Press
1991
BUGSY
Director/Producer
* Winner Golden Globe for Best Picture
* Academy Award Nomination for Best Director
* Academy Award Nomination for Best Picture
1992
TOYS
Writer (With Valerie Curtin)
Director/Producer
1993-1999
HOMICIDE: LIFE ON THE STREET
Director/Executive Producer
* Winner Emmy Award for Best Director 1993
* DGA Award Nomination for Outstanding Dirctorial Achievement for Dramatic Series 1993
* Winner Peabody Award 1993, 1995 & 1997
* Winner Writers Guild Award 1994 & 1995
* Winner of The Nancy Susan Reynolds Award For Outstanding Portrayal Of Sexual Responsibility in a Dramatic Series 1996
* Awarded The 1997 Prism Commendation by the National Institute on Drug Use and The Entertainment Industries Council
* Winner DGA Award for Outstanding Dirctorial Achievement for Dramatic Series 1998
* Winner TCA Award for Program of the Year & Drama of the Year 1998
* Winner Emmy Award for Best Male Actor in a Drama Series 1998
* Winner Emmy Award for Best Casting in a Drama Series 1998
* Winner Humanitas Award 1999
1993
LEVINSON ON LEVINSON
Edited By David Thompson
Book Published By Faber And Faber, Inc.
1994
JIMMY HOLLYWOOD
Writer/Director/Producer
1995
DISCLOSURE
Director/Producer
1996
SLEEPERS
Director/Writer/Producer
1997
WAG THE DOG
Director/Producer
* Golden Globe Nomination for Best Picture
1998
SPHERE
Director/Producer
1998
* Winner ShoWest Director of the Year Award
* Named one of Variety's "Billion Dollar Directors"
1999
LIBERTY HEIGHTS
Writer/Director/Producer
1999
* Winner Creative Achievement Award by the 13th Annual American Comedy Awards
* Awarded an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from American University for his distinguished work in the field of communications and his defining impact on the motion picture and television industry
2000
AN EVERLASTING PIECE
Director/Producer
2001
BANDITS
Director/Producer
2002
* Winner ACE Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year Award
2003
SIXTY-SIX: A NOVEL
Author
2004
ENVY
Director
2006
MAN OF THE YEAR
Director/Writer
2007
BEE MOVIE
Voice of "Barry"
2008
WHAT JUST HAPPENED?
Director