Mark Levinson (film director)
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Mark Levinson | |
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| Alma mater | UC Berkeley |
| Known for | director, co-producer of Particle Fever documentary film |
Mark Levinson is a director, best known for his 2013 documentary Particle Fever which tells the story of the first round of experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Switzerland. He earned his PhD in Physics in 1983 at UC Berkeley.
Serving as director of Particle Fever, Levinson captures a dramatic story of the experimental discovery of the Higgs-Boson particle. The film artfully captures the scientific process and the brilliant scientists behind the research. He began the project with an interest in creating a film which showed science in a realistic and appealing way. In 2007 he met with future co-producer David Kaplan, who had been toying with the idea for a science documentary on the LHC. Levinson used his storytelling skills to make a dramatic and relatable story. [1]
Biography
Levinson earned his bachelors of science at Brown University and a PhD in physics at Berkeley.
At Berkeley, he discovered his passion for film while projecting and screening movies at the school's Pacific Film Archive. Encouraged by his mentor, Levinson completed his PhD but moved into a career in film and television. [2]
He served various sound roles, including ADR supervisor in various films and television shows, with 39 credits from 1988 to 2013, including Se7en, The English Patient, The Talented Mr Ripley, Cold Mountain, and House of Cards.[3]
He is the writer/producer/director of the film Prisoner of Time, which examined the lives of former Russian dissident artists after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The film was acclaimed during its premiere at the Moscow International Film Festival. [4]
He created The Suzanne J. Levinson Prize in 2006, in his wife's honor, to be awarded for a book in the history of the life sciences and natural history. The award is administered by the History of Science Society of Notre Dame, Indiana.
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References
- ^ McCabe, Bret, With 'Particle Fever,' director Mark Levinson combines his interests in physics, film, retrieved 06 April 2014
{{citation}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ Sanders, Robert, Berkeley physics Ph.D. takes “Particle Fever” to the big screen, retrieved 06 April 2014
{{citation}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ Mark Levinson (II), retrieved 06 April 2014
{{citation}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ Mark Levinson, retrieved 06 April 2014
{{citation}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ The Society: The Suzanne J. Levinson Prize, retrieved 06 April 2014
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