---
name: "David Levien"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-levien"
fi1m_id: "david-levien"
imdb_id: "nm0505522"
tmdb_id: 16305
wikidata_id: "Q3703233"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "9 December 1967"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T16:47:21.750052+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# David Levien

## Identity

David Levien

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-levien
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-levien
- **IMDb ID:** nm0505522
- **TMDB ID:** 16305
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3703233
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Levien, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3703233, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0505522/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/16305

Writer. Born 9 December 1967 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 9 December 1967, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
- **Active:** 2007–2009
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 writing
- **Frequently works with:** [Brian Koppelman](https://film.one/person/brian-koppelman.md), [Steven Soderbergh](https://film.one/person/steven-soderbergh.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Levien, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3703233, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0505522/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/16305

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Girlfriend Experience*](https://film.one/film/the-girlfriend-experience.md) (64)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

David Levien is an American screenwriter, novelist, director and producer. He studied at the University of Michigan and has frequently collaborated with writing partner Brian Koppelman since the late 1990s.

Levien co-wrote the screenplays for *Rounders* (1998), *Runaway Jury* (2003), *Ocean's Thirteen* (2007) and *The Girlfriend Experience* (2009). He and Koppelman co-created, executive produced and served as showrunners on the television series *Billions* (2016–2023). Levien has also directed films including *Knockaround Guys* (2001) and *Solitary Man* (2009), and has published several novels, among them the Frank Behr crime series.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1)

- *The Girlfriend Experience* (2009), Fi1m 64, as David — [page](https://film.one/film/the-girlfriend-experience.md)

### Wrote (1) — the average rests on these

- *Ocean's Thirteen* (2007), Fi1m 63, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/oceans-thirteen.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber* (2022), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
- *Tony Robbins: I Am Not Your Guru* (2016), Executive Producer
- *The Girlfriend Experience* (2016), series, Original Film Writer
- *Vinyl* (2016), series, Producer
- *Billions* (2016), series, Writer, Teleplay, Story, Executive Producer, Creator
- *I Smile Back* (2015), Producer
- *This Is What They Want* (2013), Director
- *Runner Runner* (2013), Producer, Writer
- *30 for 30* (2009), series, Director
- *Solitary Man* (2009), Director, Screenplay
- *The Girlfriend Experience* (2009), as David · Screenplay — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/the-girlfriend-experience.md)
- *The Lucky Ones* (2008), Producer
- *Ocean's Thirteen* (2007), Writer — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/oceans-thirteen.md)
- *The Illusionist* (2006), Producer
- *Tilt* (2005), series, Creator
- *Walking Tall* (2004), Screenplay
- *Runaway Jury* (2003), Screenplay
- *The Street Lawyer* (2003), Writer
- *Interview with the Assassin* (2002), Producer
- *Knockaround Guys* (2001), Director, Producer, Writer
- *Rounders* (1998), Screenplay
- *City of the Sun*, Writer
- *The Roman*, series, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
- *The Winter of Frankie Machine*, Screenplay

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 4 nominated

- Shamus Award 2010: Shamus Award (nominated), for *Where the Dead Lay*
- Barry Award for Best First Novel 2009: Barry Award for Best First Novel (nominated), for *City of the Sun*
- Hammett Prize 2008: Hammett Prize (nominated), for *City of the Sun*
- Edgar Awards 2004: Edgar Awards (nominated), for *Runaway Jury*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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