Brian Levant

Brian Michael Levant (born August 6, 1952) is an American filmmaker.

Early life and career Born in Highland Park, Illinois, to a Jewish family, Levant started his career in 1976 as a writer for the TV series Happy Days. He also wrote for, among other TV shows, The Jeffersons, Mork & Mindy and Still the Beaver.

He is best known for directing the films Beethoven, Levant has responded to the criticism with, "I'm making movies for the audience that I was when I was sitting at home watching Garfield Goose and The Three Stooges on WGN...To read those reviews is an act of self-flagellation, but reviews be damned when you're at Blockbuster, and you're seeing family after family grab one of your movies off the shelf on a Friday night. I can't tell you how many times I've seen that."

Filmography Feature film Director Problem Child 2 (1991) Beethoven (1992) The Flintstones (1994) Jingle All the Way (1996) The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000) Snow Dogs (2002) Are We There Yet? (2005) The Spy Next Door (2010) Max 2: White House Hero (2017)

Writer Leave It to Beaver (1997)

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