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Irwin Winkler is a Actor, Director, Writer and Producer American born on 28 may 1931 at New York City (USA)

Irwin Winkler

Irwin Winkler
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Nationality USA
Birth 28 may 1931 (92 years) at New York City (USA)

Irwin Winkler (born May 25, 1931) is an American film producer and director. He is the producer or director of 50 major motion pictures, dating back to 1967's Double Trouble, starring Elvis Presley. The fourth film he produced, They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969), starring Jane Fonda, was nominated for nine Academy Awards. In 1976, he won an Oscar for Best Picture for Rocky. As a producer, he has been nominated for Best Picture for three other films: Raging Bull, The Right Stuff, and Goodfellas.

Biography

Early life
Winkler was born in New York, New York, to father Sol Winkler and mother Anna Winkler. He received a BA from New York University in 1955, after serving in the U.S. Army.


Career
In partnership with Robert Chartoff from the late 1960s, Irwin Winkler produced an impressive array of modern American gems, beginning with their first effort (along with Judd Bernard), John Boorman's taut thriller Point Blank (1967), largely ignored in its day but now regarded as a top film of the time. Adding Sydney Pollack to their production team for a one-shot-deal, they garnered critical acclaim for They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969). Their next film, The Strawberry Statement (1970), won the Jury Prize at Cannes but Chartoff and Winkler roared to the top with Rocky (1976), which earned the Academy Award as Best Picture. Subsequently, the producing duo picked up Best Picture Oscar nominations for Raging Bull (1980) and The Right Stuff (1983), their last project together before Winkler launched his solo career with the disappointing Revolution (1985).

Winkler produced such noteworthy features as Bertrand Tavernier's Round Midnight (1986) and back-to-back Costa-Gavras films, Betrayed (1988) and Music Box (1989), before receiving another Best Picture Oscar nomination for Martin Scorsese's GoodFellas (1990). He also returned to the franchise to oversee Rocky IV (1985) and Rocky V (1990), continuing the association forged with Sylvester Stallone on the first three Chartoff-Winkler productions.

Approaching the age of 60, Winkler moved into the director's chair, debuting with Guilty by Suspicion (1991), a drama (which he also scripted) about the Hollywood blacklist that starred Robert De Niro. His second feature, the unsuccessful 1992 remake of Night and the City, also starred De Niro. Winkler had better luck at the box office as writer-director of the Sandra Bullock vehicle The Net (1995), which spawned a series of the same name debuting on the USA Network in 1998, but got mired in syrupy sentimentality in At First Sight (1999) a gooey romance-drama starring Val Kilmer as a blind man whose bid to regain his sight complicates his relationship with his girlfriend (Mira Sorvino).

The director delivered one of his most potent films yet with Life as a House (2001), a complex, emotional and frequently amusing tale featuring a depressed dying man (Kevin Kline) who funnels his energies into rebuilding the dilapidated beach shack he inherited from his abusive father and, in the process, building bridges between himself and his disaffected son (Hayden Christensen). Receiving a healthy dose of critical praise, Winkler re-teamed with Kline for the follow-up De-Lovely (2004), casting the actor as the lead in his elegant and sophisticated biopic of American composer Cole Porter centered on his unique relationship with his wife and muse (Ashley Judd).

As his directorial career flourished, Winkler continued to produce his share of films as well, including The Shipping News (2001) and Enough (2002).

Best films

The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
(Executive Producer)
Rocky IV (1985)
(Producer)
Rocky III (1982)
(Producer)
Taken (2008)
(Producer)
Rocky (1976)
(Producer)
Creed II (2018)
(Producer)

Usually with

Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Irwin Winkler (66 films)

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YearNameJobRoles
2019The IrishmanProducer
2018Creed IIProducer
2016SilenceProducer
2015SurvivorProducer
2015CreedProducer
2014The GamblerProducer
2013The Wolf of Wall StreetExecutive Producer
2011TrespassProducer
2011The MechanicExecutive Producer
2009Streets of BloodExecutive Producer
2009No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & VilmosActorSelf
2009The Wild StallionProducer
2008TakenProducer
2006Rocky BalboaExecutive Producer
2006Home of the BraveDirector, Producer
2006The Net 2.0Producer
2004De-LovelyDirector, Producer
2002EnoughProducer
2001The Shipping NewsProducer
2001Life as a HouseDirector, Producer
1999At First SightDirector, Producer
1998Welcome to HollywoodActorIrwin Winkler
1996The JurorProducer
1995The NetDirector, Producer
1992Night and the CityDirector, Producer
1991Guilty by SuspicionDirector, Writer
1990GoodFellasProducer
1990Rocky VProducer
1989Music BoxProducer
1988BetrayedProducer
1986'Round MidnightProducer
1985Rocky IVProducer
1985RevolutionProducer
1985Scandal SheetProducer
1983The Right StuffProducer
1982Rocky IIIProducer
1982Author! Author!Producer
1981True ConfessionsProducer
1980Raging BullProducer
1979Rocky IIProducer
1978Comes a HorsemanExecutive Producer
1978Uncle Joe ShannonProducer
1977New York, New YorkProducer
1977ValentinoProducer
1976RockyProducer
1976NickelodeonProducer
1975BreakoutProducer
1975PeeperProducer
1974BustingProducer
1974The GamblerProducer
1974S*P*Y*SProducer
1972The MechanicProducer
1972Up the SandboxProducer
1972The New CenturionsProducer
1972Thumb TrippingProducer
1971Believe in MeProducer
1971The Gang That Couldn't Shoot StraightProducer
1971The Gang That Couldn't Shoot StraightProducer
1970Leo the LastProducer
1970The Strawberry StatementProducer
1969They Shoot Horses, Don't They?Producer
1968BlueProducer
1968The SplitProducer
1967Point BlankProducer
1967Double TroubleProducer
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