Thunder Levin is a feature film and television writer/director. He is probably best known as the creator of the pop culture phenomenon SHARKNADO series of TV movies for Syfy Channel. He was born and raised in New York City and received a Bachelor’s Degree in Film from NYU before moving to Los Angeles at age 23. He has written and directed four feature films: MUTANT VAMPIRE ZOMBIES FROM THE ‘HOOD!, an independent horror/comedy starring C. Thomas Howell; AMERICAN WARSHIPS a military action film starring Mario Van Peebles & Carl Weathers for the Syfy Channel; AE APOCALYPSE EARTH, a science fiction film starring Adrian Paul & Richard Grieco; and GEODISASTER a disaster film released in 2017. He has written over a dozen produced feature films & TV movies, and collaborated on a videogame adaptation of the classic 90's TV series “Xena: Warrior Princess” for Universal’s “Series” mobile app. Thunder lives in Santa Monica, CA but considers himself a “temporarily misassigned New Yorker”. He is developing several TV series, feature film projects, and a comic book series. He’s a lifelong sailor and car enthusiast who’s recently taken up motorcycle riding and is at work on his first novel.
Yes, that’s his real name.