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The film was directed by Ben Lewin, and produced by Philip Wade and Judi Levine. FALLING FOR FIGARO was released in the US on October 1st, 2021. Levine & Lewin have worked together and independently in Australia, Europe and the United States. Their features include THE CATCHER WAS A SPY, starring Paul Rudd, Paul Giamatti, Jeff Daniels, Guy ...
- Happy Endings
- A Partnership Begins
- Interlude in Paris
- From Sad to Tough
- Always Check The Food
- Building Credits
- The Outside Eye
‘If you wanted to qualify me in some way, I gravitate towards character driven stories that have happy endings,’ said Levine. ‘They don’t have to be broadly comedic or romantic, just really tight nice stories that move me. They just have to be something that gives people something to talk about afterwards. But even that is not a hard and fast rule....
Her husband is Ben Lewin, a child migrant from Poland, who was raised in Melbourne, survived polio, became a criminal barrister and took off to England on a scholarship at the National Film School. He started as a director in the BBC and came back to Australia a decade later – by his own account a move tied up with the Best Television Award at the ...
Instead they pitched up in Europe where Lewin wrote and directed The Favour, The Watch and the Very Big Fish, a farce starring Bob Hoskins, Natasha Richardson and Jeff Goldblum. Made for a French company, it was shot in English and produced by Michelle de Broca who met her husband Philippe on the set of 1966 comedy-dramaKing of Hearts, starring Ala...
‘I was really miserable for the first couple of years. Ben had an agent and doing meetings and getting writing gigs but I was just waking up every day thinking, “What am I doing here because I really didn’t have a clue where I fit in?”. I had two kids, and further down the road we had a third, and it took a lot of emotional energy to establish ours...
For Judy Levine, there was a lot to learn, even on a three year stint on catering for commercials. Screen dialogue is different, the crew functions and language is unique, while the financing system has almost no government support. A lot of it is sheer cultural difference. ‘For the French, meals are sacred so they don’t even start in the morning u...
Just before that move to the US in 1994, Lewin wrote and directed Paperback Romance with Bob Weis as producer and Levine as co-producer. They did very well with The Sessions,which won the US audience (drama) award in 2012 at Sundance, and gave Helen Hunt a nomination for a Best Supporting actress Oscar. They are both credited as producers along wit...
‘I’ve had to prove myself a little too often, you know, where people have sort of thought, “Oh well, he’s the one with all the talent and I’ve just sort of somehow come along for the ride.” ‘It’s a hazard, I guess, of partnership. People are not doing their due diligence, but I’ve done enough now, particularly over the last few years where I’ve got...
- David Tiley
An Australian at heart, Ben has been living and working in California since 1994 and is in development on a number of feature film and television projects. His portfolio and interests are diverse, and include one wife (producer Judi Levine) and three children.
- January 1, 1
- Writer, Director, Producer
- Poland
- Ben Lewin
Oct 21, 2012 · Ben Lewin says he and Judi Levine have several new offers of work on the table in America, but ultimately they would like to live in Melbourne. Introduced by Deborra-lee Furness and featuring John ...
An Australian at heart, Ben has been living and working in California since 1994 and is in development on a number of feature film and television projects. His portfolio and interests are diverse, and include one wife (producer Judi Levine) and three children.
With Judi Levine at Sundance Film Festival. Born. 1946 (age 77–78) Poland. Nationality. Australian. Occupation. Director. Ben Lewin (born 1946) is an Australian director.
Oct 12, 2012 · Certainly he wants to come back and make films here, together with his highly articulate and equally forthright Melbourne-born producer-wife, Judi Levine, who moved to Los Angeles with her husband in 1994 and has been exerting her considerable push there ever since. “It wasn't an easy pitch,” Levine admits.
