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Irwin Winkler
American film producer and director (born 1931)
Irwin Winkler (born May 25, 1931) is an American film producer and director. He is the producer or director of over 58 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. He won an Oscar for Best Picture for 1976's Rocky. As a producer, he has been nominated for Best Picture for four films: Rocky (1976), Raging Bull (1980), The Right Stuff (1983), and Goodfellas (1990).
Early life and education
Winkler was born on May 25, 1931 to a Jewish family in New York City, to Sol and Anna Winkler. Growing up in Coney Island, one of his first jobs was on a bumper ride on the boardwalk. Winkler graduated early from high school and got into New York University, but felt out of place among the older and more mature students, many of whom were former World War II soldiers that had entered university under the G.I. Bill. At the outbreak of the Korean War, he volunteered to join the Army and was stationed in Louisiana for two years. After completing his service, Winkler returned to New York University and went on to receive a degree in American Literature in 1955.
Early career
Winkler's first job after graduating university was at the William Morris Agency (WMA). Among his first clients as an agent were comedians Sammy Shore and Jackie Vernon, though Winkler says of himself he was a "mediocre" agent.
After meeting Robert Chartoff, who managed several comedians, including Jackie Mason, the two set up their own talent management company. One of the "unsuccessful clients" the William Morris Agency allowed him to take with him at the time that he had options on, was the actress Julie Christie, whose screentest for Doctor Zhivago they arr Quick facts for kids Irwin Winkler New York City, U.S. Margo Winkler Irwin Winkler (born May 25, 1931) is an American film producer and director. He is the producer or director of over 58 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. He won an Oscar for Best Picture for 1976's Rocky. As a producer, he has been nominated for Best Picture for four films: Rocky (1976), Raging Bull (1980), The Right Stuff (1983), and Goodfellas (1990). Winkler was born on May 25, 1931 to a Jewish family in New York City, to Sol and Anna Winkler. Growing up in Coney Island, one of his first jobs was on a bumper ride on the boardwalk. Winkler graduated early from high school and got into New York University, but felt out of place among the older and more mature students, many of whom were former World War II soldiers that had entered university under the G.I. Bill. At the outbreak of the Korean War, he volunteered to join the Army and was stationed in Louisiana for two years. After completing his service, Winkler returned to New York University and went on to receive a degree in American Literature in 1955. Winkler's first job after graduating university was at the William Morris Agency (WMA). Among his first clients as an agent were comedians Sammy Shore and Jackie Vernon, though Winkler says of himself he was a "mediocre" agent. After meeting Robert Chartoff, who managed several comedians, including Jackie Mason, the two set up their own talent m Series | ROCKY, THE RIGHT STUFF, DE-LOVELY, GUILTY BY SUSPICION, CREED III, RAGING BULL Aero Theatre and Los Feliz 3 Irwin Winkler’s career as a producer, director and writer encompasses popular and influential movies that have impacted contemporary culture. With a passion for big, bold, meaningful stories, his 58 films include an array of true screen classics, garnering among them 61 Oscar nominations and 12 Academy Awards. Among Winkler’s multiple nominations include five Best Picture nominations, each for a pioneering film: the tale of underdog sports triumph, ROCKY, which forged one of most globally recognizable movie characters and themes in history and won an Oscar for Best Picture in 1977; RAGING BULL, which turned the biopic into a gritty, lyrical work of art; the history-capturing look at the U.S. space program, THE RIGHT STUFF, the iconic gangster tale GOODFELLAS and most recently 2020’s THE IRISHMAN which reunited Winkler with Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci and garnered nine Academy Award nominations. Winkler is the only producer honored with three films on the American Film Institute’s list of the “Top 100 Films.” In 1989 Winkler made his directorial debut from his own screenplay, GUILTY BY SUSPICION, which was hailed by the New York Times as “A stirring and tragic evocation of terrible times” about Hollywood’s all-too-real blacklisting era. Starring Robert De Niro as a prominent director asked to “name names”, the film presaged a writing and directing career that would, like Winkler’s producing career, be focused on taut human drama and politically-charged themes and nominated for the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Winkler next directed one of his most distinctive features, the musical biography of the legendary composer Cole Porter: DE-LOVELY. Featuring Golden Globe-nominated perform May 25, 1931 (1931-05-25) (age 93) New York City, New York, U.S. Film Director/Producer 1967-present Producer and/or director of 50 major films, dating back to 1967's Double Trouble, starring Elvis Presley Irwin Winkler (born May 25, 1931) served as co-producer of all six films of Rocky film series, where he along with co-producer Robert Chartoff won a Best Film Oscar for the first Rocky film in 1976. 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. As a producer, he has been nominated for Best Picture for three other films: Raging Bull, The Right Stuff, and Goodfellas. Winkler was born in New York City to Sol and Anna Winkler. He received a BA from New York University in 1955, after serving in the U.S. Army. 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 the Cannes Film Festival 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). Irwin produced such notewort
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Born (1931-05-25) May 25, 1931 (age 93) Education B.A. New York University Occupation Film director, producer Years active 1967-present Spouse(s) Children Charles Winkler
David Winkler
Adam WinklerParent(s) Sol Winkler
Anna WinklerEarly life and education
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