Larry Levinson Productions (LLP) is the production company of Larry Levinson. Levinson is an American screenwriter, producer and the president of Levinson Productions. By 2016, the company had produced over 200 films.

History

The production company Larry Levinson Productions was founded by Larry Levinson in 1993 and in that same year produced its first feature-length television movie ''Rio Diablo'', thereafter producing between two and ten TV Movies a year. Notable productions include ''Rough Riders'', a TV mini-series based on future President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt's early life adventures with the 2nd cavalry brigade at San juan hill, and the well liked ''Streets of Laredo''. The miniseries

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was nominated for the Lone Star Film and Television Awards for best TV actor

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best TV Mini-series and best screen play. It also won an Emmy Award for outstanding sound editing in 1998. The miniseries ''Streets of Laredo'' was nominated for six separate awards, winning four of these including an emmy for an outstanding individual achievement in casting for a miniseries. It also won an ASC award for outstanding achievement in cinematography, a Lone Star Film and Television Award for best supporting actress

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and a Bronze Wrangler for best television feature film. ''Streets of Laredo'' and ''Rough Riders'' were produced by LLP for NBC and TNT - both major networks; both productions had large budgets and long shooting schedules where the accent was firmly on quality. With the expiration of

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's exclusive contract with

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, Levinson Productions became the channel's sole producer. By 2007, LLP was joined by additional producers. His PixL cable channel began carriage on

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in December 2010. In March 2012, Levinson Productions moved its future productions' distribution from Sonar Entertainment, formerly RHI, to SevenOne International. Levinson Productions began having troubles with various unions. In early 2009, LLP had drawn pickets from International Alliance of Theatrical & Stage Employees for using non-union crews on the NBC telemovie “Megastorm”. The company and RHI were filed against by Writers' Guild of America West in May 2009 for failure to paid residuals. In April 2014, LLP and its affiliates Hardstone Entertainment and Branwen Productions plus

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, Hallmark Channel's parent company, were being taken to arbitration by the Writers' Guild of America over unpaid residuals for 38 movies. In 2013, LLP Production Services started the city planning approval process to expand its studio lot to the adjacent property on Smith Road,

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. In May 2016, the final proposal was presented to the planning commission.

Producer

''Larry Levinson'' began his career as a screenwriter on the television series ''Laverne & Shirley'' in 1982, and later in 1985, working for Cannon Entertainment, he wrote the Chuck Norris war picture ''Missing in Action 2''. The company was incorporated in 1993 in the state of California and has been in business for 18 years.

TV series

*'' McBride'' *'' The Storm''

Filmography

*Rio diablo (1993) (TV Movie) *MacShayne (1994) (TV Movie) *Streets of Laredo(1995)(TV Mini-series) *Rough Riders (1997) (TV Mini-series) *Everything that Rises (1998) (TV Movie) *Hard Time:Hostage Hotel (1999) (TV Movie) *Texas Rangers (TV Movie)(2001) TV Movie *Johnson County War (2002)(TV Movie) *Santa Jr (2002)(TV Movie) *Night of the Wolf (2002)(TV Movie) *Terror on the Mountain (2002)(TV Movie) *Roughing It (2002)(TV Movie) *Black Gold (2003) (TV Movie) *The Last Cowboy (2003) (TV Movie) *Straight from the Heart (2003) (TV Movie) *Love Comes Softly (2003) (TV Movie) *Audrey's Rain (2003) (TV Movie) *Just Deserts (2004) (TV Movie) *The Lady Musketeer (2004) (TV Movie) *Wedding Daze (2004) (TV Movie) *Frankenstein (2004) (TV Mini-series) *Icon (2005) (TV Movie) * "King Solomon's Mines" (2004) *50 First Dates *Detective (2005) (TV Movie) *Our Home (2006) (TV Movie) *Wild Hearts (2006) (TV Movie) *'' Murder 101'' (2006)

*Final Approach (2007) (TV Movie) *The Sitter (2007) (TV Movie) *Backwoods (2007) (TV Movie) * ''

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'' (August 18, 2007) Hallmark Channel, movie starring

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, son Barry and grandson Shane * Black Widow (2007) (TV Movie) *Deadly Suspicion (2008) (TV Movie) *Street Warrior (2008) (TV Movie) *“Bound By a Secret” (2009) *“Chasing a Dream” (2009) *“Love Finds a Miracle” (2009) *“Love Finds a Home” (2009) *“Relative Stranger” (2009) * The Wishing Well (2009) (TV Movie) *After the Fall (2010) (TV Movie) *The Wish List (2010) (TV Movie) *The Town Christmas Forgot (2010) (TV Movie) *Love Begins (2011) (TV Movie) *Taste of Romance (2011) (TV Movie) *Honeymoon for One (2011) (TV Movie) *My George (2014) (TV Movie) *Sweet Surrender (2014) (TV Movie) *Cloudy with a Chance of Love (2015) (TV Movie) *Heart of the Matter (2015) (TV Movie) *"Portrait of Love" (2015) *Tomboy (2018) (TV Movie)

References

External links

Larry Levinson at www.filmreference.comLarry Levinson on Fandago.comLarry Levinson at www.cinematography.com
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