Sam Levinson

Samuel Levinson born January 8 1985 is an American director and actor He is the son of Academy Awardwinning director Barry Levinson In 2010 he received his first writing credit as a cowriter for the action comedy film Operation Endgame The following year he made his directorial film debut with Another Happy Day 2011 which premiered at Sundance Film Festival He then received a writing credit on his fathers HBO television film The Wizard of Lies 2017 He continued writing and directing for the feature films Assassination Nation 2018 and Malcolm Marie 2021 In 2019 Levinson created the HBO teen drama series Euphoria which was adapted from the Israeli series of the same name The series is popular with audiences but has attracted significant criticism and controversy for its explicit content involving teens particularly its portrayal of teenage sexuality In 2023 he created the HBO series The Idol which was controversial and received negative reviews