Thunder Levin is in on the joke. The improbably named writer of SyFy’s notorious Sharknado has been making tongue-in-cheek disasters since 2008’s Mutant Zombie Vampires From The Hood. He also tells a story about Richard Dreyfuss that we will be sharing with our friends for quite some time. Thunder Levin: The guy who thought of Sharknado was (director) Anthony Ferrante and one of his writing partners on another film.