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'''David P. Levin''' (born August 5, 1958)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1418551/ |publisher=imdb.com |title=David P. Levin |accessdate=May 1, 2016 |archiveurl=httphttps://www.webcitation.org/6hBbpVj1L?url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1418551/ |archivedate=May 1, 2016 |deadurl=yes |df=mdy }}</ref> is an American producer, director, writer and editor. In the early days of [[MTV]], he produced [[Rockumentary|Rockumentaries]] on [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] and [[Michael Jackson]], and later went on to help create and develop the "Uncensored" brand for MTV.<ref name=maria>{{cite web|url=http://marialokken.com/2009/11/the-secret-behind-getting-the-untold-story/|title=The Secret Behind Getting the Whole Story|date=November 6, 2009|last=Lokken | first=Maria | accessdate=May 1, 2016 | publisher=marialokken.com}}</ref><ref>"MTV Uncensored", MTV July 31, 2001</ref> Later on he created, produced and directed [[TV Land Confidential]] for [[TV Land]],<ref name=maria /><ref name=tvguide>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/tv-land-confidential/cast/194693|publisher=TV Guide|title=TV Land Confidential|accessdate=May 1, 2016 |archiveurl=httphttps://www.webcitation.org/6oNtNUKgM?url=http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/tv-land-confidential/cast/194693 |archivedate=February 19, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/shows/tv-land-confidential/cast/|publisher=TV.com|title=TV Land Confidential Cast |accessdate=May 1, 2016 |archiveurl=httphttps://www.webcitation.org/6oNt7jbHu?url=http://www.tv.com/shows/tv-land-confidential/cast/ |archivedate=February 19, 2017}}</ref> and recently produced and directed ''[[When Pop Culture Saved America]]'',<ref name=nyt>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/955115/David-P-Levin/filmography|title=New York Times | work=The New York Times}}</ref><ref name=tvby>{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/08/16/ae-and-bio-channel-present-four-commercial-free-documentary-specials-commemorating-the-10th-anniversary-of-911/100536/|publisher=TV by the Numbers|title=A&E and BIO Channel Present Four Commercial-Free Documentary Specials Commemorating the 10th Anniversary of 9/11|date=August 16, 2011|accessdate=May 1, 2016 |archiveurl=httphttps://www.webcitation.org/6oNsrZWbP?url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/network-press-releases/ae-and-bio-channel-present-four-commercial-free-documentary-specials-commemorating-the-10th-anniversary-of-911/100536/ |archivedate=February 19, 2017}}</ref> Which ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' cited as one of the 10 specials to watch on the tenth anniversary of the [[9/11 Terrorist Attacks]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ew.com/article/2011/09/02/911-specials | title=9/11 Specials: 10 shows to watch | publisher=Entertainment Weekly | date=September 2, 2011 | first=Tanner | last=Stransky| accessdate=May 1, 2016 |archiveurl=httphttps://www.webcitation.org/6oNseHtQ5?url=http://ew.com/article/2011/09/02/911-specials/ |archivedate=February 19, 2017}}</ref> He is the founder of BrainStorm Inc., a video production company with a focus on television projects.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brainstorm-inc.com/www.brainstorm-inc.com/Home.html |title=BrainStorm, Inc. |publisher=BrainStorm, Inc. |accessdate=March 11, 2016 |archiveurl=httphttps://www.webcitation.org/6fvfbn1nO?url=http://www.brainstorm-inc.com/www.brainstorm-inc.com/Home.html |archivedate=March 11, 2016 |deadurl=yes |df=mdy }}</ref>
==Early life==
Levin was born in Framingham, Massachusetts, to his parents, Mark and Helene Levin. At an early age, the family moved to [[Teaneck, New Jersey]], where he would grow up and graduate from [[Teaneck High School]] in 1976.<ref>{{cite web|url=httphttps://www.amazon.com/Reprint-1976-Yearbook-Teaneck-School/dp/B006YZCR3I|title=Teaneck HiWay, 1976 |ASIN=B006YZCR3I | accessdate=February 18, 2017}}</ref>
Levin attended [[Rutgers University]], where he created [[Knight Time Productions]] in 1979, the first student-run television production group at the University. Prior to the establishment of RU-TV in 1999, this group was responsible for all the student television on the New Brunswick Campus of Rutgers.
Upon graduation, Levin began as an editor, and later worked as a director/producer/writer for a variety of companies, including [[American Movie Classics]], [[USA Network]] and MTV. While at [[MTV]], he produced several episodes of the "[[MTV Rockumentary|Rockumentaries]]" series, including [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]], [[Elton John]] and [[Michael Jackson]].
Levin co-created the long-running, Emmy nominated series "[[MTV Uncensored]]" for the network. Later he went on to create "[[TV Land Confidential]]",<ref name=tvguide /> "[[The A-List (2007 TV series)|The A-List]]", for [[Animal Planet]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://animal.discovery.com/tv-shows/other/videos/the-a-list.htm|publisher=Animal Planet |title=The A List |accessdate=February 18, 2017 |archiveurl=httphttps://www.webcitation.org/6oNrrynl2?url=http://www.animalplanet.com/tv-shows/other/videos/the-a-list/ |archivedate=February 19, 2017}}</ref> and the pilot for the comedy series "Take Two" which starred [[Anson Williams]], [[Don Most]] and [[Beth Littleford]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2008/07/happy-days-duo-reunite-recruit-others-for-new-seri.html|publisher=Paste Magazine|title=Happy Days Duo Reunites, Recruits for New Series, Take 2 |last=Webster |first=Rachel |date=July 15, 2008 |accessdate=February 18, 2017 |archiveurl=httphttps://www.webcitation.org/6oNrZJ91d?url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2008/07/happy-days-duo-reunite-recruit-others-for-new-seri.html |archivedate=February 19, 2017}}</ref>
In 2011, Levin wrote, directed and produced "When Pop Culture Saved America", a documentary commemorating the tenth anniversary of the September 11 attacks. The show dealt with the impact of pop culture on the country in the aftermath of the attacks, and how they helped to heal the United States. The documentary premiered on A&E's [[The Biography Channel]] without commercial interruption on the tenth anniversary of the attacks.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.playbill.com/article/when-pop-culture-saved-america-featuring-kristin-chenoweth-and-idina-menzel-airs-on-biography-sept-11-12-com-182481 | publisher=Playbill | title="When Pop Culture Saved America," Featuring Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel, Airs on Biography Sept. 11-12 |first=Andrew | last=Gans | date=September 11, 2011 | accessdate=February 18, 2017 | archivedate=February 19, 2017 |archiveurl=httphttps://www.webcitation.org/6oNqfATyx?url=http://www.playbill.com/article/when-pop-culture-saved-america-featuring-kristin-chenoweth-and-idina-menzel-airs-on-biography-sept-11-12-com-182481}}</ref><ref name=tvby />
Levin has also written several books: two children's story books featuring [[Superman]] as well as ''MTV Uncensored'', a coffee-table book released for the twentieth anniversary of MTV.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ox8qAQAAIAAJ |website=Google Books |title=MTV Uncensored | last1=Hoye | first1=Jacob |last2=Levin |first2=David P. |last3=Cohn |first3=Stuart |isbn=0743426827 |publisher=Pocket Books | year=2001}}</ref> Levin was also the writer of what is thought to be one of the rarest Superman comics ever published, titled "This Island Bradman" (artwork by [[Curt Swan]]), a comic book that was privately commissioned in 1988 by real estate tycoon Godfrey Bradman as a Bar Mitzvah gift for his son.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.recalledcomics.com/SupermanBradman.php|accessdate=February 18, 2017 |publisher=Rare Comics|title=Superman #nn Bradman Private Commission | archiveurl=httphttps://www.webcitation.org/6oNpeF42k?url=http://www.recalledcomics.com/SupermanBradman.php | archivedate=February 19, 2017}}</ref> He also wrote one of the issues of [[DC Comics Bonus Book]], for issue #24 of ''Justice League International'' in February 1989.<ref>[http://www.comics.org/issue/45895/ ''Justice League International'' #24] at the Grand Comics Database</ref>
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