David Levien

David Levien is an American screenwriter, director, producer, and author whose most works fit in the suspense-thriller genre. He is well-known for co-writing with his regular associate, Brian Koppelman Brian Koppelman is a writer, producer, and directo >> Read More... , the third and final installment of the Ocean’s trilogy, “Ocean’s Thirteen” (2007), starring Brad Pitt He’s one of the most accomplished actors of our ti >> Read More... , George Clooney The long-time “Sexiest Man Alive” and the most “Dr >> Read More... , Matt Damon He’s known to be the “Hollywood Golden Boy” as he >> Read More... and Al Pacino His movie “The Godfather” in 1972 was considered t >> Read More... . David was born on 9th December 1967 in Queens, New York Click to look into! >> Read More... . After graduating from the University of Michigan, Boston University in Massachusetts, he collaborated with Koppelman to write the script for his first movie, “Rounders” (1998). The movie had a successful run at the box office, which led David to try his hand at direction, and production. However, his next creation “Knockaround Guys” (2001) turned out to be a huge flop, making even lesser money than the production costs.

His subsequent works also failed to gather attention till he presented his production “ The Illusionist Click to look into! >> Read More... ” in 2006, starring Edward Norton He is known to be one of the actors that possess p >> Read More... and Jessica Biel Jessica Biel is an American actress. She was born >> Read More... . The movie gained critical success and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography. He also co-wrote the Hollywood blockbuster “Runner Runner” (2013), featuring Ben Affleck From man-of-steel “Superman in Hollywoodland” to “ >> Read More... , and Justin Timberlake “Tearin’ up My Heart” remembering one of their big >> Read More... . His other notable writings include “Runaway Jury” (2003), “Walking Tall” (2004), “The Lucky Ones” (2008), and “ I Smile Back Click to look into! >> Read More... ” (2015). Levien planned on making his debut on television in 2003 with an adaption of John Grisham’s legal thriller ‘The Street Lawyer’ (1998).

The pilot episode was filmed but the rest of the project never materialized and the show was not aired. After the game form of poker, no-limit Texas hold'em, gained ground in early 2000s due to ESPN channel’s coverage of the World Series of Poker tournament, Koppelman and Levien created the TVmini-series “Tilt” in 2005, which revolved around a group of professional poker players who team up against a legendary gambler, Don 'The Matador' Everest, due to the personal grudges each player bore against Don. The show was produced with a view of capitalizing on the popularity of poker.

Levien’s first major TV series was “ Billions Billions is an American television drama. The show >> Read More... ” (2016), which recently wrapped up its thrilling fourth season and has cliff-hanged the viewers for a fifth one. David’s debut novel as an author was ‘Wormwood’ (1999), which narrates the story of an aspiring filmmaker who is new to Hollywood and along his journey in the showbiz, learns a lot about human nature and himself, more than he did from movies. The novel received a positive response from readers, following which David penned down many other successful titles, including ‘Swagbelly’ (2003), ‘City of the Sun’ (2008) and ‘Signature Kill’ (2014). He currently resides in Connecticut with his wife, Melissa, and three sons.