John Linson

John Linson is an American film producer, television producer and founder of Linson Entertainment. He is known for producing films such as Great Expectations, Lords of Dogtown, The Runaways and the television series Sons of Anarchy and Yellowstone.

Personal life Linson was born in Los Angeles, California. His father is film producer Art Linson. He is a licensed private pilot and longtime motorcycle enthusiast.

Career

John began his career making music videos. Some credits include producing and directing the Porno for Pyros video "Tahitian Moon". He went on to produce Nirvana's Live at the Paramount and the Guns N' Roses mini-documentary entitled Guns N' Roses Don't Cry: Makin' F@*!ing Videos. His first major film production was Great Expectations directed by Alfonso Cuarón. He has since produced films such as Lords of Dogtown, directed by Catherine Hardwicke, and The Runaways directed by Floria Sigismondi, which was named by Rolling Stone as the #1 rock film of all time. His love of motorcycles led to the creation of the FX television series Sons of Anarchy. After the success of Sons of Anarchy he co-created the television series Yellowstone with Taylor Sheridan. Yellowstone premiered on June 20, 2018, on the Paramount Network.

John produced the film The Comedian, an American comedy-drama film directed by Taylor Hackford and written by Lewis Friedman, Richard LaGravenese, Art Linson, and Jeff Ross. The film stars Robert De Niro, Leslie Mann, and Harvey Keitel. John also produced The Outsider, which is an action crime drama film directed by Martin Zandvliet and written by Andrew Baldwin. The film stars Jared Leto and Tadanobu Asano.

Filmography He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

Film Year Film Credit 1998 Great Expectations Co-producer 2000 Sunset Strip 2005 Lords of Dogtown 2010 The Runaways 2016 The Comedian 2018 The Outsider

Miscellaneous crew

Year Film Role 1989 Casualties of War Production assistant We're No Angels Assistant: Fred C. Caruso

As an actor

Year Film Role Notes 1976 Car Wash Foolish Father's Son

Television Year Title Credit Notes 2012 Outlaw Country Executive producer Television film 2008–14 Sons of Anarchy Executive producer 92 episodes 2014 The Money Executive producer Television film 2018–2024 Yellowstone Executive producer 53 episodes 2022 1883: The Road West Executive producer Television special 2021−22 1883 Executive producer 10 episodes 2022−2025 1923 Executive producer 16 episodes 2026–present Marshals Executive Producer 13 episodes 6666 Executive producer

As writer

Year TitleCredit 2018–2024 YellowstoneCreator (53 episodes) / Stories (2 episodes)