Career
He produced and starred in the animated short I Met the Walrus about his meeting with John Lennon and Yoko Ono in Toronto, Canada in 1969. Though only 14 years old, Levitan conducted an exclusive 40 minute interview with them about peace, The Beatles, and their music He is the author of the best selling, autobiographical book, I Met The Walrus released May 2009 by Harper Collins.
lieutenant is the account of Levitan"s childhood growing up in the sixties, his love for the Beatles, and traces in detail the day he spent with John Lennon and Yoko Ono.
In 2010, Levitan was honored by the Guggenheim Museum and YouTube when I Met The Walrus was selected in the first Biennial of Creative Video. In July 2011 Levitan"s latest animated film, Yoko Ono"s My Hometown had its world premier at the Without Borders (Senza Frontiere) Film Festival in Spoleto, Italy to widespread acclaim.
Levitan co-produced and directed the film. Yoko Ono narrated her poem and provided her Remember Love song which was the B-Side to Give Peace A Chance, for the soundtrack.
Levitan graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from York University in Toronto and a Bachelor of Laws from Osgoode Hall Law School at York University 1979, and has been involved throughout his career with high profile legal cases.
He is the author of The Complete Idiot"s Guide to Winning Everyday Legal Hassles in Canada (). Levitan is also an actor with roles in a string of Canadian and international films and television series, including a guest appearance in The West Wing, and one of Canada"s pre-eminent children"s entertainers. Performing under his alter-ego "Sir Jerry" (sir-jerrycom) and backed by a full band of rock musicians and performers, he has produced three CDs, "Bees, Butterflies & Bugs", "Sir Jerry"s World", and "Time Machine," and is developing a television series.