<i>The Wizard of Lies</i>

The Wizard of Lies

<p><i><b>The Wizard of Lies</b></i> is a 2017 American television <a href="/en/Biopic" title="Biopic" class="mw-redirect wl">biopic</a> film directed by <a href="/en/Barry_Levinson" title="Barry Levinson" class="wl">Barry Levinson</a> and written by <a href="/en/Sam_Levinson" title="Sam Levinson" class="wl">Sam Levinson</a>, Sam Baum, and <a href="/en/John_Burnham_Schwartz" title="John Burnham Schwartz" class="wl">John Burnham Schwartz</a>,<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-Andreeva_1-0"><a href="#cite_note-Andreeva-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span> based on the 2011 non-fiction book of the same name by <a href="/en/Diana_B._Henriques" title="Diana B. Henriques" class="wl">Diana B. Henriques</a>. The film stars <a href="/en/Robert_De_Niro" title="Robert De Niro" class="wl">Robert De Niro</a> as businessman and fraudster <a href="/en/Bernie_Madoff" title="Bernie Madoff" class="wl">Bernie Madoff</a>, <a href="/en/Michelle_Pfeiffer" title="Michelle Pfeiffer" class="wl">Michelle Pfeiffer</a> as his wife <a href="/en/Ruth_Madoff" title="Ruth Madoff" class="wl">Ruth Madoff</a>, and <a href="/en/Alessandro_Nivola" title="Alessandro Nivola" class="wl">Alessandro Nivola</a> as their older son <a href="/en/Mark_Madoff" title="Mark Madoff" class="wl">Mark Madoff</a>. It aired on <a href="/en/HBO" title="HBO" class="wl">HBO</a> on May 20, 2017.</p>

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</span><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066479718" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-header,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-subheader,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-above,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-title,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-image,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-below{text-align:center}</style><div class='mobile-collapse'><header class="mobile-collapse-header mobile-collapse-btn"><b>Quick facts: The Wizard of Lies, Based on, Written by, Dir...</b> <span class='arrow'>▼</span></header> <table class="infobox vevent mobile-collapse-element"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary notheme" style="background-color: #CCCCFF; padding: 0.25em 1em; font-size: 125%;"><i>The Wizard of Lies</i></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size"><a href="/en/File:The_Wizard_of_Lies.jpg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:The_Wizard_of_Lies.jpg"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/08/The_Wizard_of_Lies.jpg/250px-The_Wizard_of_Lies.jpg" decoding="async" data-file-width="259" data-file-height="384" data-file-type="bitmap" height="371" width="250" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/08/The_Wizard_of_Lies.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/08/The_Wizard_of_Lies.jpg 2x" alt="The_Wizard_of_Lies.jpg"></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Television release poster</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Based on</th><td class="infobox-data"><i>The Wizard of Lies: Bernie Madoff and the Death of Trust</i><br>by <a href="/en/Diana_B._Henriques" title="Diana B. Henriques" class="wl">Diana B. Henriques</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Written by</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/en/Sam_Levinson" title="Sam Levinson" class="wl">Sam Levinson</a></li><li>Sam Baum</li><li><a href="/en/John_Burnham_Schwartz" title="John Burnham Schwartz" class="wl">John Burnham Schwartz</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Directed by</th><td class="infobox-data attendee"><a href="/en/Barry_Levinson" title="Barry Levinson" class="wl">Barry Levinson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Starring</th><td class="infobox-data attendee"><div class="plainlist ">
<ul><li><a href="/en/Robert_De_Niro" title="Robert De Niro" class="wl">Robert De Niro</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Michelle_Pfeiffer" title="Michelle Pfeiffer" class="wl">Michelle Pfeiffer</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Alessandro_Nivola" title="Alessandro Nivola" class="wl">Alessandro Nivola</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Hank_Azaria" title="Hank Azaria" class="wl">Hank Azaria</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Nathan_Darrow" title="Nathan Darrow" class="wl">Nathan Darrow</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Kristen_Connolly" title="Kristen Connolly" class="wl">Kristen Connolly</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Kathrine_Narducci" title="Kathrine Narducci" class="wl">Kathrine Narducci</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Diana_B._Henriques" title="Diana B. Henriques" class="wl">Diana B. Henriques</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Music by</th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Evgueni Galperine</li><li>Sacha Galperine</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country of origin</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Original language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary notheme" style="background-color: #CCCCFF; padding: 0.25em 1em;">Production</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Producer</th><td class="infobox-data">Joseph E. Iberti</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Cinematography</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Eigil_Bryld" title="Eigil Bryld" class="wl">Eigil Bryld</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Editor</th><td class="infobox-data">Ron Patane</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Running time</th><td class="infobox-data">132 minutes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Production company</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/HBO_Films" title="HBO Films" class="wl">HBO Films</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary notheme" style="background-color: #CCCCFF; padding: 0.25em 1em;">Release</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Original network</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/HBO" title="HBO" class="wl">HBO</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Original release</th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="plainlist ">
<ul><li>May<span>&nbsp;</span>20,<span>&nbsp;</span>2017<span style="display:none"><span>&nbsp;</span>(<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2017-05-20</span>)</span></li></ul>

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The Wizard of Lies is a 2017 American television biopic film directed by Barry Levinson and written by Sam Levinson, Sam Baum, and John Burnham Schwartz, based on the 2011 non-fiction book of the same name by Diana B. Henriques. The film stars Robert De Niro as businessman and fraudster Bernie Madoff, Michelle Pfeiffer as his wife Ruth Madoff, and Alessandro Nivola as their older son Mark Madoff. It aired on HBO on May 20, 2017. 