Brian Levant

Brian Michael Levant is an American filmmaker.

Early life and career

Born in Highland Park, Illinois to a Jewish family, Levant started his career in 1976 as a writer for the TV series Happy Days. He also wrote for, among other TV shows, The Jeffersons, ''Mork & Mindy and Still the Beaver.
He is best known for directing the films Beethoven, The Flintstones and its 2000 prequel The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas, Jingle All the Way, Snow Dogs and Are We There Yet?.
Though his work is generally disliked by film critics, Levant has responded to the criticism with, "I'm making movies for the audience that I was when I was sitting at home watching Garfield Goose and The Three Stooges on WGN...To read those reviews is an act of self-flagellation, but reviews be damned when you're at Blockbuster, and you're seeing family after family grab one of your movies off the shelf on a Friday night. I can't tell you how many times I've seen that."
Levant is a major collector of 20th century toys and pop culture memorabilia. His collection is displayed in a 2022 book, My Life and Toys''.

Filmography

Feature film

DirectorProblem Child 2 Beethoven The Flintstones Jingle All the Way The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas Snow Dogs Are We There Yet? The Spy Next Door Max 2: White House Hero
Writer

''Leave It to Beaver''

Television

TV movies

Year	Title	Director	Producer	Writer
1995	Problem Child 3: Junior in Love
1995	The Adventures of Captain Zoom in Outer Space
2009	Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins
2010	Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster
2016	The Game of Love

TV series

Year	Title	Director	Producer	Writer	Creator	Notes
1976–84	Happy Days					Writer / Producer
1977	The Jeffersons					Episode: "Jefferson Airplane"
1978	Please Stand By					1 episode
1979	Brothers and Sisters					2 episodes
1979–80	The Bad News Bears					Writer / Producer
1981–82	Mork & Mindy					Writer / Producer
1983–89	The New Leave It to Beaver					102 episodes / Director / Writer
1987	Married... with Children					Episode: "The Poker Game"
1988–89	Charles in Charge					2 episodes
1988–91	My Secret Identity					72 episodes / Writer
1990	Poochinski					Unsold pilot
1990-91	Babes					22 episodes
1997	Metropolitan Hospital					Unsold pilot
2000	Father Can't Cope					Unsold pilot
2001	Grounded for Life					Episode: "Eddie's Dead"