John Linson

John Linson is an American film producer, television producer and founder of Linson Entertainment.[1][2] He is known for producing films such as Great Expectations, Lords of Dogtown ,The Runaways and the television series Sons of Anarchy and Yellowstone.

John Linson

Personal life

Linson was born in Los Angeles, California. His father is film producer Art Linson. He is a licensed private pilot and longtime motorcycle enthusiast.[3]

Career

John began his career making music videos. Some credits include producing and directing the Porno for Pyros video "Tahitian Moon". He went on to produce Nirvana's Live at the Paramount and the Guns N' Roses mini-documentary entitled Guns N' Roses Don't Cry: Makin' F@*!ing Videos. His first major film production was Great Expectations directed by Alfonso Cuarón. He has since produced films such as Lords of Dogtown, directed by Catherine Hardwicke, and The Runaways directed by Floria Sigismondi, which was named by Rolling Stone as the #1 rock film of all time.[4] His love of motorcycles led to the creation of the FX television series Sons of Anarchy. After the success of Sons of Anarchy he co-created the television series Yellowstone with Taylor Sheridan. Yellowstone premiered on June 20, 2018 on the Paramount Network.

John produced the film The Comedian, an American comedy-drama film directed by Taylor Hackford and written by Lewis Friedman, Richard LaGravenese, Art Linson, and Jeff Ross. The film stars Robert De Niro, Leslie Mann, and Harvey Keitel. John also produced The Outsider, which is an action crime drama film directed by Martin Zandvliet and written by Andrew Baldwin. The film stars Jared Leto and Tadanobu Asano.[5]

Filmography

He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

Film
Year Film Credit Ref.
1998Great ExpectationsCo-producer
2000Sunset Strip
2005Lords of Dogtown
2010The Runaways
2016The Comedian
2018The Outsider
[6]
Miscellaneous crew
Year Film Role
1989Casualties of WarProduction assistant
We're No AngelsAssistant: Fred C. Caruso

Television
Year Title Credit Notes Ref.
2012Outlaw CountryExecutive producerTelevision film
[7]
2008–14Sons of AnarchyExecutive producer
2014The MoneyExecutive producerTelevision film
[8]
2018–20YellowstoneExecutive producer
As writer
Year Title
2018–20Yellowstone

References
  1. "Linson Entertainment [us]". imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
  2. "This producer's story is rated: parental guidance - latimes". articles.latimes.com. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
  3. "'Sons of Anarchy': overdue biker series on FX - SFGate". sfgate.com. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
  4. "1. 'The Runaways' | Readers' Poll: The Best Rock Movies of All Time | Rolling Stone". rollingstone.com. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
  5. "Jared Leto To Star In Action Thriller 'The Outsider'". Deadline. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  6. Jeff Sneider,Justin Kroll. "Silver Pictures picks up ‘The Outsider’ script | Variety". variety.com. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
  7. Nellie Andreeva. "FX's 'Outlaw Country' Finds Stars, Director | Deadline". deadline.com. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
  8. "HBO Greenlights David Milch’s ‘The Money’ TV Show Pilot with Brendan Gleeson". screenrant.com. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
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