Peter Levin should not be confused with Peter Leven.
| Peter Levin | |
| Birth Name: | Daniel Henry Levin |
| Birth Date: | 12/03/1932 |
| Birth Place: | Trenton, New Jersey United States |
| Occupation: | Film director, television director, theatre director |
| Years Active: | 1967–2012 |
| Spouse: | Audrey Davis Levin |
| Children: | Kristina Davis |
Peter Levin is an American director of film, television and theatre.
Since 1967, Levin has amassed a large number of credits directing episodic television and television films. Some of his television series credits include Love Is a Many Splendored Thing, James at 15, The Paper Chase, Family, Starsky & Hutch, Lou Grant, Fame, Cagney & Lacey, Law & Order and Judging Amy.[1]
Some of his television film credits include (1980), A Reason to Live (1985), Popeye Doyle (1986), A Killer Among Us (1990), Queen Sized (2008) and among other films.[1] He directed "Heart in Hiding", written by his wife Audrey Davis Levin, for which she received an Emmy for Best Day Time Special in the 1970s.
Prior to becoming a director, Levin worked as an actor in several Broadway productions. He costarred with Susan Strasberg in "[The Diary of Ann Frank]" but had to leave the production when he was drafted into the Army. He trained at the Carnegie Mellon University. Eventually becoming a theatre director, he directed productions at the Long Wharf Theatre and the Pacific Resident Theatre Company. He also co-founded the off-off-Broadway Theatre [the Hardware Poets Playhouse] with his wife Audrey Davis Levin and was also an associate artist of The Interact Theatre Company.[2]