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Lee Edward Levinson is a veteran of more than 35 years in the entertainment
industry. He is an Emmy, Peabody, WGA, and Western Heritage award-winning
producer.
Starting early in life, Lee Levinson performed as "The Boy Hypnotist"
at ages 13-17, touring throughout Connecticut, Pennsylvania, New York Massachusetts,and
New Jersey. At ages 21-30, he performed as a professional memory expert
under the stage name, "Lee Edwards - Mental Wreck", appearing
at leading Catskill resort hotels in summer and the Miami Beach hotel circuit
during winter. He demonstrated a variety of memory feats including the total
recall of the names and faces of as many as 350 audience members. He also
appeared on numerous television and radio shows including the Don &
Bob Show in Miami, The Joe Delaney Show in Las Vegas, and the original Larry
King Radio Show Live from Pumpernicks in Miami Beach.
Mr. Levinson was a prominent parapsychology researcher, studying under
Eileen J. Garrett, Founder and President of The Parapsychology Foundation,
New York City and the Dr. Joseph Banks (JB Rhine) at the Foundation for
Research on the Nature of Man, Durham, North Carolina. It was Dr. Rhine
who had coined the popular phrase "ESP". Mr. Levinson's field
research with hypnosis and ESP was published in the International Journal
of Parapsychology, New York City and the Journal of Parapsychology, Herzliya,
Israel - which was published by filmmaker and parapsychologist, Margot Klausner.
His groundbreaking experiments with hypnosis, telepathy, and clairvoyance
have been excerpted in bestselling books including
"ESP and Hypnosis", by Suzy Smith (The Macmillan Company, New
York, New York) and "Supersenses - Our Potential for Parasensory Experience"
by Chartles Panati (Quadrangle/The New York Times Book Company).
Lee Levinson was also a personal manager and an entertainment publicist
with offices in New York, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles where he represented
actors, singers, and comedians.
During the early 80's, he served in New York City as a television motion
picture producer and consultant for The Blue Marble Company, the production
arm of International Telephone and Telegraph (ITT). Blue Marble is the recipient
of 2 Peabody Awards and 13 Emmy Awards.
A former weekly internet columnist for Hollywoodlitsales.com, he currently
conducts film and television producing workshops and seminars at leading
colleges and universities. He is also writing a book, "How To Be A
Creative Packager and Producer."
Mr. Levinson is a member of the Producers Guild of America (PGA) and The
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (ATAS). He resides in New York City
with his wife, motion picture and television executive Jena Levinson and
their two uncanny canines, Madison and Chelsea.
Lee Levinson's producing credits include:
Producer: Out of the Ashes, a 2-hour original motion picture for the Showtime
Networks (released as a DVD on April 20, 2004). This true Holocaust drama
starred Christine Lahti, Beau Bridges, Bruce Davison, and the late Mr. Richard
Crenna. Director: Joe Sargent. Teleplay adaptation by Anne Meredith, based
on the autobiographical book, "I Was A Doctor in Auschwitz" by
the late Dr. Gisella Perl.
Awards for Out of The Ashes:
2004 - WGA Award -Adapted Long Form - Teleplay Adaptation by Anne Meredith.
2004 - Prime Time Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography in a Miniseries
or Movie - Donald M. Morgan, ASC.
2004- Jewish Image Award for Outstanding Portrayal of a Female Character
in a Film - Christine Lahti.
Nominations for Out of The Ashes:
2004 - ASC Award - Donald M. Morgan, American Society of Cinematographers.
Producer - Skeezer - a two-hour NBC-TV movie starring Emmy award-winner
Karen Valentine. Director - Peter H. Hunt. Teleplay adaptation by Robert
Hamilton, based on the nonfiction book, Skeezer: Dog With A Mission, by
Newberry award-winning author, Elizabeth Yates.
Awards for Skeezer include:
George Foster Peabody Award for Programming Excellence; Prime Time Emmy
Nomination for Outstanding Movie - Children's Programming; ASPCA Award;
American Humane Association Award; Patsy Award; and Film Advisory Board
Award for Excellence in Family Viewing.
Producer - Runaway Father - a two-hour CBS-TV Sunday Night Movie starring
Donna Mills. Director - John Nicollela. Teleplay adaptation by Stephanie
Liss, based on the nonfiction book, Runaway Father, by Richard Rashke.
Awards for Runaway Father include:
Film Advisory Board Award
*Executive Producer - Playing With Fire - a two-hour NBC-TV movie starring
Cicely Tyson, Gary Coleman, Yaphet Kotto, and Ron O'Neal. Director - Ivan
Nagy. Writer: Lew Hunter (based on an idea by Lee Levinson. *Shared credit
with Lew Hunter).
Awards for Playing With Fire include:
Film Advisory Board Award; Special Proclamation from the California House
of Representatives, Sacramento for addressing the growing issue of juvenile
arson. (Following the World Premiere airing of this film, an 800-Phone Line
was setup by NBC-TV at firehouses throughout the U.S. to help provide psychological
counseling and rehabilitation for hundreds of juvenile arsonists and their
parents).
Co-Producer - The Legend of Walks Far Woman - a three-hour dramatic special
starring Raquel Welch in her television motion picture debut. Based on the
novel, Walks Far Woman by Colin Stuart. Teleplay adaptation by celebrated
novelist and screenwriter Evan Hunter (Hitchcock's The Birds). Director
- Mel Damski.
Awards for "The Legend of Walks Far Woman" include:
Western Heritage Wrangler Award - for best novel adapted as a television
motion picture, presented by the National Cowboy Hall of Fame, Oklahoma
City, Oklahoma.
Script Analysis and Evaluation Fees for Emerging Screenwriters) Please
note that all scripts are personally read and evaluated by Mr. Levinson.
Screenplays: In-depth written report --$350.00; Rewrite: $250.00;
Books- In-depth written report: $500.00 up to the first 150 pages; $1.00
per each additional page.
Phone consultation: $50.00 per each half-hour.
Personal meeting in New York City: $100.00 for one hour.
As an established producer, I have direct access to the decision makers
at the major studios, television Broadcast and Pay Cable networks as well
as investment consortium groups in the U.S. and abroad.
I interact with buyers on a daily basis and know what they want and don't
want.
There are no promises or guarantees, but if I spark to your script, I'll
work with you to get it on track so that it will be market ready for my
funding sources. In which case, I'll get behind your script as producer
and bring it to my sources for their co-production consideration as a theatrical
release or as a television movie, depending on the script's viability.
Currently, I have 4 feature films in active development at the studios
and two cable television MOWs under consideration.
Whatever your decision about working together, I encourage you to be passionate
about your work and to never give up. It takes tenacity and perseverance
to break through and to be recognized.
In the words of my mentor, Producer-Writer Lew Hunter:
Write On!
All the best,
Lee
LEJEN LITERARY CONSULTANTS
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