Irwin Winkler
Irwin Winkler (born May 25, 1931 in New York City , New York ) is an American film producer and director .
Career
Irwin Winkler has been a producer since 1967. Together with his long-time partner Robert Chartoff, he produced and produced numerous films, together they won an Oscar for Rocky in 1977 . Your first film together was Bullen - How Long Do You Want to Live? , a crime film from 1968. For television he was active as an executive producer, among other things for the series MacGyver . In 1991 he made his debut as a director with Guilty on Suspicion with Robert De Niro in the lead role. For this he worked as a screenwriter for the first time. The following year, Night and the City was another film with Robert De Niro. In 1995 he directed the thriller Das Netz , the sequel Das Netz 2.0 was shot by one of his sons in 2006 and produced by himself. In 2000, Winkler received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame .
In 2015, Winkler sued Warner Bros. Entertainment for at least $ 18 million in damages for allegedly unpaid payments from the Good Fellas - Three Decades in the Mafia project .
Private life
He is married to the actress Margo Winkler . Her sons Charles and David Winkler work as directors and film producers. The youngest son, Adam Winkler, is a lawyer and teaches at the UCLA School of Law .
Filmography (selection)
producer
- 1967: Zoff for two (Double Trouble)
- 1967: Point Blank
- 1968: Inferno on the River (Blue)
- 1968: cops - how long do you want to live? (The Split)
- 1969: Only horses are given the coup de grace (They Shoot Horses, Don't They?)
- 1970: Bloody Strawberries (The Strawberry Statement)
- 1970: Leo the Last
- 1971: Believe in Me
- 1971: Where gangsters pop around the corner (The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight)
- 1972: Los Angeles East Police Station (The New Centurions)
- 1972: Thumb Tripping
- 1972: Cold Breath (The Mechanic)
- 1972: Up the Sandbox
- 1974: Trace of Violence (Busting)
- 1974: The Chaos Duo (S * P * Y * S)
- 1974: The Gambler (The Gambler)
- 1975: The Man Without Nerves (Breakout)
- 1976: The Wrong Sister (Peeper)
- 1976: Rocky
- 1976: Nickelodeon
- 1977: New York, New York
- 1977: Valentino
- 1978: Solo with trumpet (Uncle Joe Shannon)
- 1979: Rocky II
- 1980: Like a Wild Bull (Raging Bull)
- 1981: The Shackles of Power (True Confessions)
- 1982: Rocky III - The Tiger's Eye (Rocky III)
- 1982: Daddy! Daddy! Five annoyances and a father (Author! Author!)
- 1983: The Right Stuff (The Right Stuff)
- 1984: Rocky IV - The Fight of the Century (Rocky IV)
- 1985: revolution
- 1986: At midnight (Round Midnight)
- 1988 Verraten (Betrayed)
- 1989: Music Box - The Whole Truth (Music Box)
- 1990: Good Fellas - Three decades in the Mafia (Goodfellas)
- 1990: Rocky V
- 1992: Night and the City
- 1995: The Power (The Net)
- 1996: Not Guilty (The Juror)
- 1999: At first glance (At First Sight)
- 2001: Life as a House (Life As A House)
- 2001: Ship News (The Shipping News)
- 2002: Enough - Everyone Has a Limit (Enough)
- 2004: De-Lovely - The Cole Porter Story (De-Lovely)
- 2006: The Net 2.0 (The Net 2.0)
- 2006: Home of the Brave
- 2011: Trespass
- 2014: The Gambler
- 2015: Survivor
- 2016: Silence
- 2018: Creed II - Rocky's Legacy (Creed II)
- 2019: The Irishman
Executive Producer
- 1978: A farm in Montana (Comes a Horseman)
- 1998: Das Netz ( The Net , television series, five episodes)
- 2006: Rocky Balboa
- 2009: Streets of Blood
- 2011: The Mechanic
- 2013: The Wolf of Wall Street
Director
- 1991: Guilty by Suspicion (Guilty by Suspicion)
- 1992: Night and the City
- 1995: The Power (The Net)
- 1999: At first glance (At First Sight)
- 2001: Life as a House (Life As A House)
- 2004: De-Lovely - The Cole Porter Story (De-Lovely)
- 2006: Home of the Brave
Awards
- 1977: Oscar for Rocky
- 1981: Oscar nomination for Like a Wild Bull
- 1984: Oscar nomination for The Stuff Heroes Are Made of
- 1986: Nomination Golden Raspberry for Rocky IV - The Struggle of the Century and Revolution
- 1990: Oscar nomination for Good Fellas - Three Decades in the Mafia
- 1991: British Academy Film Award for Good Fellas - Three Decades in the Mafia
- 1991: Nomination Golden Palm for Guilty of Suspicion
- 1991: Nomination Golden Raspberry for Rocky V
Web links
- Irwin Winkler in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Irwin Winkler at winklerfilms.com
Individual evidence
- ^ 'Goodfellas' Producer to Warner Bros. in New Lawsuit: 'F – k You, Pay Me' at thewrap.com, accessed September 23, 2015
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Winkler, Irwin |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film producer and director |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 25, 1931 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City , New York , United States |