Gary Winick

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search

<templatestyles src="Module:Hatnote/styles.css"></templatestyles>

Gary Winick
File:Gary Winick 2002.jpg
Winick at a Tadpole screening at the Seattle International Film Festival, 2002
Born Gary Scott Winick
(1961-03-31)March 31, 1961
Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Died Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist.
Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Cause of death Pneumonia
Occupation Film director, film editor, film producer
Years active 1986–2010

Gary Scott Winick (March 31, 1961 – February 27, 2011)[1] 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.

Biography

Born in Manhattan, New York City, Gary Winick attended Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School in that borough,[1] graduating in 1979.[citation needed] A 1984 graduate of Tufts University,[2] he went on to receive Master of Fine Arts degree from both the University of Texas at Austin and the AFI Conservatory.[3]

Winick directed the films Out of the Rain (1991), Tadpole (2002), 13 Going on 30 (2004), and the live-action remake of Charlotte's Web (2006).[4] His final films were Bride Wars and Letters to Juliet.[5] 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.[6]

Death

Winick died of pneumonia in a hospital in Manhattan[1] after a long battle with brain cancer on February 27, 2011 at age 49, a month before his 50th birthday.[7]

Awards

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. Basking In The Sun
  3. Sweet Nothing Filmmakers
  4. Charlotte's Web
  5. In Pursuit of a Long-Distance Romance, Abandoned Long Ago
  6. Calling the Shots: Gary Winick
  7. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

External links

  • Gary Winick at the Internet Movie Database
  • Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  • Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.