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Thunder Levin
Born
Thunder Levin

New York City, U.S.
Occupations
  • Screenwriter
  • director
Known forSharknado

Thunder Levin is an American screenwriter and director, most famous for writing the first four Sharknado films.[1][2] Levin's work was largely responsible for the resurgence of sharksploitation films.[3]

Background

Levin was born and raised in New York City. His father Michael was an award-winning journalist, while his mother Glenis was an immigrant from Liverpool, England.

Levin graduated from Hunter College High School, and received his BFA in Film from NYU.[4]

Early career

Levin moved to Los Angeles at the age of 23. In the late 1980s he worked as a still photographer on three movies for the legendary film producer Roger Corman.[1]

Levin's feature-film directorial debut was the 2008 horror comedy Mutant Vampire Zombies from the 'Hood![5][6] starring C. Thomas Howell.[5][7] Levin subsequently wrote and directed multiple films for production company The Asylum,[8] including the 2012 science-fiction action film American Warships and the 2013 sci-fi film AE: Apocalypse Earth.

Sharknado

Main article: Sharknado (film series)

In 2013, Levin wrote the made-for-television disaster film Sharknado, about a tornado of shark-infested seawater. The film's debut on SyFy attracted nearly 1.37 million viewers and generated nearly 5,000 tweets a minute at its peak.[9] In 2014 Levin penned a sequel, Sharknado 2: The Second One, which pulled in 3.9 million viewers.[10] Levin subsequently wrote two more sequels, 2015's Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! and 2016's Sharknado: The 4th Awakens. Sharknado became a pop culture phenomenon, ultimately spawning five sequels, a video game, a book, a one-shot comic book, a documentary, and a mockumentary.

Levin insists there is a scientific basis for the "sharknado" phenomenon.[11]

Filmography

References

  1. ^ a b Wiser, Curt (December 3, 2019). "Interview With Sharknado Writer Thunder Levin". OC Movie Reviews.
  2. ^ Bradley, Bill (July 22, 2015). "7 Glaring 'Sharknado' Plot Holes Are Finally Explained". HuffPost.
  3. ^ Hill, Kent (November 20, 2016). "Thunder Levin: An Interview by Kent Hill". Podcasting Them Softly.
  4. ^ "Chatting With Sherri Welcomes Producer/Director/Writer; Thunder Levin!". BlogTalkRadio. September 28, 2018. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
  5. ^ a b Dendle, Peter (2012). The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia, Volume 2: 2000-2010. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 133–134. ISBN 978-0-7864-6163-9.
  6. ^ Suebsaeng, Asawin (July 11, 2013). "Can a "Sharknado" Really Happen?". Mother Jones. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
  7. ^ "Mutant Vampire Zombies From the Hood!". Variety. July 7, 2008. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
  8. ^ Salt, Paul (July 9, 2019). "Thunder Levin Interview: Sharknado Writer Talks The Asylum, Science and Why He's Never Made a Mockbuster". Screen Mayhem. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
  9. ^ Banks, Paul M. (August 6, 2017). "Sharknado Writer, Field Museum Scientist Gave Fascinating Insights into Film". The Bank. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
  10. ^ a b France, Lisa Respers (March 29, 2018). "'Sharknado' set to end with No. 6". CNN.
  11. ^ Newitz, Annalee; Bricken, Rob (July 11, 2013). "We asked the writer of Sharknado some very serious questions". Gizmodo. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
  12. ^ "Zombie Tidal Wave". SyFy.
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