Directing

Peter Levin

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Directing

Credits

40 titles

Known for

Houston: The Legend of Texas poster
7.2

Sam Elliot stars as Sam Houston, the visionary who nearly single-handedly forged the state of Texas into a powerful entity in its own right. Refusing to forget the Alamo (as if anyone could), Houston led the military in Texas' rebellion against Mexico. G.D. Spradlin co-stars as President Andrew Jackson, with Michael Beck appearing as Jim Bowie, James Stephens as Stephen Austin, and Richard Yniguez as Mexican General Santa Anna. Lensed on location in the Lone Star state, this sweeping made-for-TV film originally occupied three hours' screen time on November 22, 1986. Its title at that time was Houston: The Legend of Texas. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Houston: The Legend of Texas

1986

A Perfect Day poster
4.4

A family man is warned he has only forty days to live.

A Perfect Day

2006

In from the Night poster
6.7

Vicki Miller is a writer who has cut herself off from her dysfunctional family. Her life drastically changes when one night, her 16-year-old nephew Bobby shows up unannounced on her doorstep. He looks tired and depressed, and when Vicki realizes that he's run away, she takes him in.

In from the Night

2006

A Stranger to Love poster
5.7

In this Hallmark story, Allan is a normal middleaged man with a wife and two kids. When Alan is suddenly attacked one night, he loses his memory, leading his family to believe that he is dead.

A Stranger to Love

1996

Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story poster
7.3

Based on a true story. Liz Murray is a young girl who is taken care of by her loving, but drug-addicted parents. Liz becomes homeless at 15 and after a tragedy comes upon her, she begins her work to finish high school.

Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story

2003

The Marva Collins Story poster
7.4

Cicely Tyson was Emmy-nominated as Outstanding Actress for her portrait of a Chicago schoolteacher whose remarkable achievements with black children labelled "unteachable" were spotlighted in a 1979 "60 Minutes" segment about how she became disillusioned with the traditional school system and decided to work outside of it, transforming her students into young scholars through her unique teaching style.

The Marva Collins Story

1981

Behind the camera

Houston: The Legend of Texas poster
7.2

Sam Elliot stars as Sam Houston, the visionary who nearly single-handedly forged the state of Texas into a powerful entity in its own right. Refusing to forget the Alamo (as if anyone could), Houston led the military in Texas' rebellion against Mexico. G.D. Spradlin co-stars as President Andrew Jackson, with Michael Beck appearing as Jim Bowie, James Stephens as Stephen Austin, and Richard Yniguez as Mexican General Santa Anna. Lensed on location in the Lone Star state, this sweeping made-for-TV film originally occupied three hours' screen time on November 22, 1986. Its title at that time was Houston: The Legend of Texas. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Houston: The Legend of Texas

1986

A Perfect Day poster
4.4

A family man is warned he has only forty days to live.

A Perfect Day

2006

In from the Night poster
6.7

Vicki Miller is a writer who has cut herself off from her dysfunctional family. Her life drastically changes when one night, her 16-year-old nephew Bobby shows up unannounced on her doorstep. He looks tired and depressed, and when Vicki realizes that he's run away, she takes him in.

In from the Night

2006

A Stranger to Love poster
5.7

In this Hallmark story, Allan is a normal middleaged man with a wife and two kids. When Alan is suddenly attacked one night, he loses his memory, leading his family to believe that he is dead.

A Stranger to Love

1996

Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story poster
7.3

Based on a true story. Liz Murray is a young girl who is taken care of by her loving, but drug-addicted parents. Liz becomes homeless at 15 and after a tragedy comes upon her, she begins her work to finish high school.

Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story

2003

The Marva Collins Story poster
7.4

Cicely Tyson was Emmy-nominated as Outstanding Actress for her portrait of a Chicago schoolteacher whose remarkable achievements with black children labelled "unteachable" were spotlighted in a 1979 "60 Minutes" segment about how she became disillusioned with the traditional school system and decided to work outside of it, transforming her students into young scholars through her unique teaching style.

The Marva Collins Story

1981

Popeye Doyle poster
4.4

While Popeye Doyle is investigating what appears to be a very simple drug overdose, he becomes involved in international intrigue. The Mosad and various other foreign diplomatic figures turn up everywhere he goes. The drug overdose becomes a very involved murder case.

Popeye Doyle

1986

Little Girl Fly Away poster
5.6

Fact-based story about a woman whose life is shattered by a poetry-spouting stalker who manages to evade her police protectors.

Little Girl Fly Away

1998

Northstar poster
9.0

An astronaut's ship passes through a strange magnetic field on its way back to Earth, and when he emerges from it after landing, he finds he has acquired superhuman powers and a super-genius IQ.

Northstar

1986

And Never Let Her Go poster
6.7

The true story of a woman's suspicious disappearance after ending an affair with a powerful, married attorney.

And Never Let Her Go

2001

Washington Mistress poster
3.5

Maggie Parker, a U.S. Senator's ambitious aide, falls head over heels for her boss' chief adversary, Michael Reynolds, a high-powered lobbyist who happens to be married with children. Both mismatched lovers become involved in a long-running affair.

Washington Mistress

1982

The Perfect Mother poster
6.6

Since self-made immigrant Nico Podaras's death, widow Elenie runs his lucrative garage, with an illegal side business, generously using the profits to keep control of their three sons' lives. Simpleton Dan is happy to sire the crucial heir without hesitation to keep unruly, immature wife Charlene in line, but goes to far, so she absconds pregnant. Firstborn John gave up his dream, fishery, to work in the garage. When he marries Kathryn, she starts questioning and resisting Elenie's matriarchal manipulation, but bares her a grandson. The conflict escalates, leaving John torn between loyalties.

The Perfect Mother

1997

The Comeback Kid poster
6.0

A down-on his-luck baseball pitcher finds a new set of rewards coaching a gang of underprivileged youngsters and romancing a career-oriented playground supervisor who, against her better judgment, put the kids in his charge.

The Comeback Kid

1980

Sworn to Silence poster
7.0

A lawyer who is defending an accused murderer, is told by his client the whereabouts of the bodies. However, being his lawyer, he is unable to reveal this information.

Sworn to Silence

1987

Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case poster
5.9

Based on the well-publicized Oregon criminal case of the late 1970s, this film dramatizes the unique dispute in which Greta Rideout instigated the prosecution of her husband, John, charging him with raping her.

Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case

1980

Two Voices poster
5.0

When two women have breast implants for contrasting reasons, they both suffer from frightening side effects. They decide to unite and fight the drug companies who have turned their lives upside down.

Two Voices

1997

To Love, Honor, & Betray poster
3.0

A young woman (Crystal Bernard) aware of her father's (James Brolin) affair with another woman becomes convinced of his guilt after her mother (Dee Wallace Stone) is found murdered in this fact-based movie.

To Love, Honor, & Betray

1999

A Killer Among Us poster
6.5

Theresa is one of the twelve jurors who have to decide about a case of assassination. She believes very strongly in the innocence of the young man, but can't convince the others. During the discussions, she realizes that one member of the jury knows details that he couldn't know from the trial alone. Since no one believes her suspicions, she investigates on her own.

A Killer Among Us

1990

The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana poster
5.5

The second Charles and Diana movie, with two virtual unknowns in the leads: Christopher Baines had acted on the British stage and on the BBC, but Catherine Oxenberg, a U.S.-born, British-raised professional model, here made her acting debut. Of particular interest was the casting of Dana Wynter as Queen Elizabeth, Stewart Granger as Prince Philip, Olivia de Havilland as the Queen Mother, and Ray Milland as a general factotum around the Palace.

The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana

1982

Lady in a Corner poster
4.5

Grace Guthrie tries to stave off the hostile take over of her publishing empire. While fighting off a ruthless British business-mogul, she must also deal with a mole.

Lady in a Corner

1989

Deliver Them from Evil: The Taking of Alta View poster
10.0

A man (Rick Worthington) assaults the Alta Vista Hospital taking four women, a man and two babies as hostages. He wants to kill Dr. Garrick, who, according to Worthington, ruined his life sterilizing his wife. He threatens to detonate a bomb. Based on a true story.

Deliver Them from Evil: The Taking of Alta View

1992

In the Name of the People poster
5.5

John Burke is on death row for the murder of a young girl. He is worried about what will happen to his own young daughter after his execution. He asks the parents of the girl he killed to look after his daughter which, he claims, would also help fill the void left in their lives by the death of their own daughter.

In the Name of the People

2000

A Stranger in Town poster
5.2

In this made-for-TV movie, Kay's (Jean Smart) small-town life allows her to manage the challenges of caring for her sick baby. But when a mysterious stranger (Gregory Hines) invades her home and reveals that he knows all too many things about Kay's past, she must work fast to preserve her peace -- even if it means taking matters and the law into her own hands.

A Stranger in Town

1995

Hostage poster
5.0

After five hard years behind bars Bonnie Lee is still haunted by her past which hides a terrible secret and hunted by her father, a man desperate for revenge and a need to silence her forever... Alone on the run, she will do whatever it takes to survive and find the one person who can clear her name - her mother. She's a desperate woman on a desperate mission and the only person who can save her is the only person who cares... her Hostage .

Hostage

1988

Between the Darkness and the Dawn poster
6.6

A 17-year-old girl lapses into a coma and wakes up 20 years later.

Between the Darkness and the Dawn

1985

A Doctor's Story poster
6.7

A physician frustrates his family in his fight to prove that an elderly man is not senile.

A Doctor's Story

1984

A Reason to Live poster
5.5

When Gus Stewart's wife announces that she wants to divorce him, he starts thinking about committing suicide. His 14-year-old son Alex notices this and desperately tries to prevent him from doing so and to give his father a reason to live.

A Reason to Live

1985

Precious Victims poster
7.0

Paula and Robert Sims are desperate: their 12 days old baby has been kidnapped! Since there's no trace of the kidnappers, they address the public for help. Shortly after their daughter is found dead. When the same happens three years later to their second daughter, Sheriff Yocom becomes suspicious.

Precious Victims

1993

Fighting for My Daughter poster
4.7

Unable to get the police to help, a woman launches her own investigation to save her daughter from a dangerous prostitution ring.

Fighting for My Daughter

1995

My Father's Shadow: The Sam Sheppard Story poster
6.2

Fact-based story about the controversial conviction of Dr. Sam Sheppard (Peter Strauss) for the murder of his wife in Cleveland. The story picks up with his conviction and concentrates on his son's (Henry Czerny) efforts 40 years later to find evidence that his father was innocent of the crime. The story was the basis for the film and TV series of "The Fugitive".

My Father's Shadow: The Sam Sheppard Story

1998

Queen Sized poster
4.8

Maggie Baker has a weight problem, and her high school classmates won't let her forget it. They shamelessly ridicule her, and even go so far as to nominate her for Homecoming Queen as a joke. Maggie, however, decides to take the nomination seriously, collects the required signatures and starts campaigning. A number of students get behind her, threatening the chances of the popular clique -- who resolve to sabotage Maggie's campaign by any means necessary.

Queen Sized

2008

Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos Story poster
3.2

This film is based on the true story of Aileen Wuornos a prostitute-turned-serial killer who preyed mostly on truck drivers.

Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos Story

1992

The Man with Three Wives poster
8.0

A married doctor marries two other women and juggles a life with three wives.

The Man with Three Wives

1993

My Son Johnny poster
6.1

Anthony Cortino lives with his mother in a quiet suburb. His father is dead, and his violent criminal brother is a long way off, in the city, and if Anthony has his way, that's where he will stay. However, Johnny runs into trouble with the police in the city, and when he asks to come home, his mother agrees, despite Anthony's objections. A reign of terror begins for Anthony then, for as long as Johnny is around, Anthony is never safe, and never has been.

My Son Johnny

1991

Secret Service poster
8.0

Set in Richmond, Virginia in October 1864, tells the story of a Union spy working to seize control of the telegraph office.

Secret Service

1977

Zalmen, or The Madness of God poster
9.0

This play takes place during Yom Kippur in a post-Stalinist Russian synagogue, where a Rabbi waits for a Western acting troupe and gets extremely angry about the repression of Jews in the Soviet Union.

Zalmen, or The Madness of God

1975

The Littlest Victims poster
8.0

A true account of the life of pioneering AIDS doctor James Oleske.

The Littlest Victims

1989

Monkey, Monkey, Bottle of Beer, How Many Monkeys Have We Here? poster
7.0

Five mothers sit anxiously in a hospital waiting room to reunite with their children, who have been participating in an experimental procedure for two months. Tension drives the action in Marsha Sheiness's play, which takes its title from an obscure nursery rhyme and never reveals the true nature of the experiment.

Monkey, Monkey, Bottle of Beer, How Many Monkeys Have We Here?

1974

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9.0

The Chicago educator, noted for her ability to reach students who have previously done poorly in public schools, speaks about her methods.

Marva Collins: Excellence in Education

1982

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8.0

The pilot story, set in the small town of Strawee, Arkansas in the '30s, follows the experiences of Joshua Torrance, a doctor whose practice is jeopardized by his opposition to racism as he attempts to treat blacks as equals.

Joshua's World

1980