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David Levien was born in New York and attended University of Michigan. After graduating, he spent three years in Los Angeles working in the film business, and began writing screenplays and fiction.

As a screenwriter, David’s feature films, written with life-long friend Brian Koppelman, include:

• ROUNDERS
• KNOCKAROUND GUYS
• WALKING TALL
• RUNAWAY JURY
• OCEAN’S THIRTEEN
• THE GIRLFRIEND EXPERIENCE

As directors, the duo of Levien and Koppelman have helmed:

• KNOCKAROUND GUYS
• SOLITARY MAN

And produced:

• INTERVIEW WITH THE ASSASSIN
• THE ILLUSIONIST
• THE LUCKY ONES

The pair also created the television series TILT.

As a novelist, Levien has published:

• WORMWOOD
• SWAGBELLY: A Novel For Today’s Gentleman
• CITY OF THE SUN
• WHERE THE DEAD LAY

And the third Frank Behr novel, THIRTEEN MILLION DOLLAR POP.

David Levien lives in Connecticut and works in New York. He is represented by CAA, and David Gernert of the Gernert Company for fiction.