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Gary Winick is a Director, Scriptwriter, Producer, Editor and In Memory Of American born on 31 march 1961 at New York City (USA)
Gary Winick (March 31, 1961 – February 27, 2011) was an American filmmaker whose movies as a director include Tadpole (2002) and 13 Going on 30 (2004), and who also produced such films as Pieces of April (2003) and November (2004) through his New York City-based independent film production company InDigEnt.
Winick directed the films Tadpole (2002), 13 Going on 30 (2004), and the live-action remake of Charlotte's Web (2006). His final films were Bride Wars and Letters to Juliet. He produced such films as Pieces of April (2003) and November (2004) through his New York City-based independent film production company InDigEnt, founded in 1999.
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Nationality USA
Birth 31 march 1961 at New York City (USA)
Death 27 february 2011 (at 49 years) at New York City (USA)
Birth 31 march 1961 at New York City (USA)
Death 27 february 2011 (at 49 years) at New York City (USA)
Gary Winick (March 31, 1961 – February 27, 2011) was an American filmmaker whose movies as a director include Tadpole (2002) and 13 Going on 30 (2004), and who also produced such films as Pieces of April (2003) and November (2004) through his New York City-based independent film production company InDigEnt.
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Born in Manhattan, New York City, Gary Winick attended attended Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School in that borough, graduating in 1979. A 1984 graduate of Tufts University, he went on to receive Master of Fine Arts degree from both the University of Texas at Austin and the AFI Conservatory.Winick directed the films Tadpole (2002), 13 Going on 30 (2004), and the live-action remake of Charlotte's Web (2006). His final films were Bride Wars and Letters to Juliet. He produced such films as Pieces of April (2003) and November (2004) through his New York City-based independent film production company InDigEnt, founded in 1999.
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Sorry, Haters (2005)
, 1h23Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Robin Wright, Abdellatif Kechiche, Élodie Bouchez, Sandra Oh, Aasif Mandvi, Sebastian Roché
Roles Producer
Rating61%
Ashade (Abdel Kechiche), a New York City taxicab driver from Syria encounters a strange fare in Phoebe, played by Robin Wright Penn. The lead character, bitter from a recent divorce, forces friendship upon Ashade who accepts it very reluctantly. When she learns of Ashade's family's legal problems, she imposes upon him further. This imposition reveals a dangerous side to Phoebe, causing Ashade to flee their brief friendship. Phoebe retaliates in spite, turning Ashade's life upside-down. In order to put his life back in order, Ashade must seek out Phoebe and enlist her help, and in doing so, he learns about and falls prey to her dark secret.
Pieces of April (2004)
, 1h20Directed by Peter Hedges
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Cooking films, Films about families
Actors Katie Holmes, Derek Luke, Sean Hayes, Alison Pill, Oliver Platt, Patricia Clarkson
Roles Producer
Rating69%
April Burns, the eldest daughter in a highly dysfunctional family, lives in a small tenement apartment on the Lower East Side of Manhattan with her boyfriend Bobby. Although estranged from her family, she opts to invite them for Thanksgiving dinner, probably the last for her mother Joy, who has breast cancer.
November (2004)
, 1h13Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Courteney Cox, James LeGros, Michael Ealy, Nora Dunn, Nick Offerman, Amir Talai
Roles Producer
Rating53%
On the evening of November 7, photographer Sophie Jacobs (Cox) and her attorney boyfriend Hugh (LeGros) go to dinner at a Chinese restaurant. As they travel home afterward, Sophie develops a craving for "something sweet" and stops their car at a convenience store. While Hugh is in the store buying some chocolate for Sophie, an armed man (Carey) arrives and holds up the store, shooting the store clerk, his son, and Hugh dead. He runs away as Sophie arrives.
Land of Plenty (2004)
, 2h3Directed by Wim Wenders
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Films about terrorism, Transport films, Road movies
Actors Michelle Williams, John Diehl, Shaun Toub, Burt Young, Wendell Pierce, Richard Edson
Roles Producer
Rating63%
The movie presents a view of post-9/11 United States as seen through the eyes of Lana (Williams), an American girl who has lived in Africa and the Middle East for years with her missionary parents. She is returning from a long trip to the West Bank. In Los Angeles, she works at a homeless mission and looks up her only living relative in the US, her late mother's brother, Paul (Diehl). He is a paranoid Vietnam veteran who drives around filming and spying on Arabs and people with Arab features. Lana, in contrast, leans toward anti-war convictions and has been changed by her experiences abroad, so feels outside American culture.
Kill the Poor (2003)
, 1h25Directed by Alan Taylor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors David Krumholtz, Clara Bellar, Paul Calderon, Cliff Gorman, Heather Burns, Otto Sanchez
Roles Producer
Rating52%
Kill the Poor begins with a fire in the apartment of tough guy Carlos DeJesus and his trouble-making son, Segundo. The screenplay then focuses on the other tenants of the rundown building in an attempt to determine who set the blaze.
Tadpole (2003)
, 1h18Directed by Gary Winick
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Aaron Stanford, Bebe Neuwirth, Sigourney Weaver, John Ritter, Robert Iler, Kate Mara
Roles Producer
Rating61%
Oscar Grubman (Aaron Stanford) is a 15-year-old boy, portrayed as mature beyond his years, traveling home from school for Thanksgiving. He speaks fluent French, quotes Voltaire and finds girls of his own age to be inexperienced in life. When an attractive girl from his school, Miranda Spear (Kate Mara), who is obviously interested in him, approaches Oscar, he politely brushes her off. Oscar confides in his friend Charlie (Robert Iler) that he is in love with a mature woman and plans to win her heart during Thanksgiving break.
Chelsea Walls (2002)
, 1h49Directed by Ethan Hawke
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Spy films, Films about music and musicians, Films about suicide, Théâtre, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Kris Kristofferson, Uma Thurman, Guillermo Díaz, Robert Sean Leonard, Vincent D'Onofrio, Natasha Richardson
Roles Producer
Rating48%
The film tells five stories of a number of artists as they spend a single day in New York's famed bohemian home Chelsea Hotel, struggling with their arts and personal lives.
Ten Tiny Love Stories (2002)
, 1h36Directed by Rodrigo García
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Lisa Gay Hamilton, Radha Mitchell, Alicia Witt, Deborah Kara Unger, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Susan Traylor
Roles Producer
Rating63%
Personal Velocity (2002)
, 1h26Directed by Rebecca Miller, Lady Day-Lewis
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Kyra Sedgwick, Parker Posey, Fairuza Balk, Wallace Shawn, Lou Taylor Pucci, Patti D'Arbanville
Roles Producer
Rating64%
Personal Velocity is a tale of three women who have reached a turning point in their lives. Delia is a spirited, working-class woman from a small town in New York state who leaves her abusive husband and sets out on a journey to reclaim the power she has lost. Greta is a sharp, spunky editor who is rotten with ambition. To spite the hated unfaithful ways of her father, she has settled into a complacent relationship and is struggling (not too hard) with issues of fidelity to her kind but unexciting husband. Finally Paula, who ran away from home and got pregnant, is now in a relationship she doesn't want. She's a troubled young woman who takes off on a journey with a hitchhiker after a strange, fateful encounter on a New York street.
Sam the Man (2001)
, 1h27Directed by Gary Winick
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Fisher Stevens, Annabella Sciorra, Marin Hinkle, John Slattery, Ron Rifkin, Saverio Guerra
Roles Producer
Rating48%
Tape (2001)
, 1h26Directed by Richard Linklater
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Ethan Hawke, Robert Sean Leonard, Uma Thurman
Roles Producer
Rating71%
The entire film is set inside a Lansing, Michigan motel room. Vince, a drug dealer/volunteer firefighter from Oakland, rents the room in his hometown to support his old high school friend's entry into the Lansing Film Festival.
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Loser Love (1999)
, 1h22Directed by Jean-Marc Vallée
Origin Canada
Genres Thriller
Actors Laurel Holloman, Burt Young, Lauren Hutton, Remy Auberjonois
Roles Editor
Rating47%
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Maggie's Plan (2016)
, 1h38Directed by Rebecca Miller, Lady Day-Lewis
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Greta Gerwig, Julianne Moore, Ethan Hawke, Bill Hader, Maya Rudolph, Wallace Shawn
Roles In Memory Of
Rating61%
Maggie, éternelle célibataire, a bien l’intention de faire un bébé toute seule, mais rencontre John, professeur d'anthropologie et écrivain en devenir, dont elle tombe immédiatement amoureuse.