Joseph Gordon-Levitt received Golden Globe®, Independent Spirit Award and People’s Choice Award nominations for his role in Marc Webb’s romantic comedy (500) Days of Summer. In addition, he received a Golden Globe nomination for his performance opposite Seth Rogen in 50/50. The actor earned widespread praise for his performances in such independent features as John Madden’s Killshot, Lee Daniels’ Shadowboxer, Rian Johnson’s Brick, Gregg Araki’s Mysterious Skin and Jordan Melamed’s Manic. Gordon-Levitt is set to write, direct, executive produce and star in “Mr. Corman,” a half-hour dramedy series for Apple TV+. The show is described as a deep cut into the days and nights of a publicschool teacher in the San Fernando Valley. On the film side, Gordon-Levitt will next star opposite Jamie Foxx in an as-yet-untitled Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman sci-fi film for Netflix. He most recently completed production on The Trial of the Chicago 7, written and directed by Aaron S
Joseph Gordon-Levitt received Golden Globe®, Independent Spirit Award and People’s Choice Award nominations for his role in Marc Webb’s romantic comedy (500) Days of Summer. In addition, he received a Golden Globe nomination for his performance opposite Seth Rogen in 50/50. The actor earned widespread praise for his performances in such independent features as John Madden’s Killshot, Lee Daniels’ Shadowboxer, Rian Johnson’s Brick, Gregg Araki’s Mysterious Skin and Jordan Melamed’s Manic. Gordon-Levitt is set to write, direct, executive produce and star in “Mr. Corman,” a half-hour dramedy series for Apple TV+. The show is described as a deep cut into the days and nights of a publicschool teacher in the San Fernando Valley. On the film side, Gordon-Levitt will next star opposite Jamie Foxx in an as-yet-untitled Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman sci-fi film for Netflix. He most recently completed production on The Trial of the Chicago 7, written and directed by Aaron Sorkin. The actor is currently in development on a variety of feature films including Fraggle Rock, at New Regency; In Sight, at Universal; and Union, at Amazon Films. Gordon-Levitt made his feature film directorial debut with Don Jon, for which he was an Independent Spirit Award nominee for Best First Screenplay. He also adapted and directed an Elmore Leonard short story into a 24-minute short film called Sparks, which debuted at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. Gordon-Levitt’s additional film credits include Oliver Stone’s Snowden, Robert Zemeckis’s The Walk, Jonathan Levine’s The Night Before, the English-language version of Hayao Miyazaki’s Academy Award®nominated animated feature The Wind Rises, Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller’s Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, Steven Spielberg’s Oscar® nominee Lincoln, Rian Johnson’s Looper, Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises and Inception, David Koepp’s Premium Rush, Stephen Sommers’s G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Spike Lee’s Miracle at St. Anna, Kimberly Peirce’s Stop-Loss and Scott Frank’s directorial debut The Lookout. Early in his career, Gordon-Levitt won a Young Artist Award for his first major role, in Robert Redford’s drama A River Runs Through It. He went on to co-star in Angels in the Outfield, The Juror, Halloween H20 and 10 Things I Hate About You. Gordon-Levitt is also well known to television audiences for his starring role on NBC’s awardwinning comedy series “3rd Rock from the Sun.” During his six seasons on the show, he won two YoungStar Awards and shared in three Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Award nominations for Outstanding Performance by a Comedy Series Ensemble. Following the series, Gordon-Levitt took a short break from acting to attend Columbia University. Gordon-Levitt founded and directs HITRECORD, an open collaborative production company that creates and develops art and media collectively using their website, where anyone with an internet connection can upload their records, download and remix others’ records, and work on projects together. When the results of these RECords are produced and make money, HITRECORD splits the profits 50/50 with everyone who contributed to the final production. HITRECORD has published books, put out records, gone on tour and screened their work at major festivals such as Sundance and the Toronto International Film Festival. The half-hour variety program “HitRecord on TV with Joseph Gordon-Levitt,” which included short films, live performances, music, animation, conversation and more, earned an Emmy Award® for Creative Achievement in Interactive Media - Social TV Experience. HITRECORD’s most recent project, “Band Together with Logic,” was a one-hour YouTube Originals special that saw Grammy Award®-nominated rapper Logic open up his creative process like never before and invite the world to collaborate with him on an original song and music video. In 2016 the ACLU honored Gordon-Levitt with its annual Bill of Rights Award for furthering diversity efforts, promoting free speech, empowering women and otherwise supporting civil rights and liberties for all Americans.
