Terence Winter
| Terence Winter | |
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 Terence Winter in 2015 | |
| Born |
Terence Patrick Winter October 2, 1960 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Screenwriter, director, television producer, film producer |
| Years active | 1995–present |
Terence Patrick Winter (born October 2, 1960)[1] is an American writer and producer of television and film. He is the creator, writer, and executive producer of the HBO television series Boardwalk Empire (2010–14). Before creating Boardwalk Empire, Winter was a writer and executive producer for the HBO television series The Sopranos, from the show's second to sixth and final season (2000–2007).[2] In 2013, he wrote the screenplay to Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He is the co-creator, writer and executive producer of another HBO television drama series, Vinyl (2016–present).
Early life and career
Winter was born in New York City, New York. He attended New York University in New York City, where he received a bachelor's degree. He went on to attend St. John's University School of Law, and became a member of the bars of New York State and Connecticut. He practiced law for two years in New York City before moving to Los Angeles, California in 1991 to pursue a screenwriting career. He eventually won a spot in the Warner Bros. Sitcom Writers Workshop, and later joined the writing staff of the Fox series The Great Defender, starring Michael Rispoli, later a Sopranos cast member.
Prior to The Sopranos, Winter wrote for the series Sister, Sister, Xena: Warrior Princess, The Cosby Mysteries, Flipper, Diagnosis: Murder, Charlie Grace, DiResta and The PJs.[2] He additionally wrote the screenplay for the 2005 film Get Rich or Die Tryin' and its accompanying video game 50 Cent: Bulletproof.
In 2006, he wrote and produced the film Brooklyn Rules, directed by Michael Corrente.
Winter has won four Emmys, an Edgar, three Norman Felton Awards for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television Drama, a Golden Globe, a PEN USA, and four WGA Awards during his time on both The Sopranos and Boardwalk Empire.
In 2014, he received his first Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Wolf of Wall Street.
2000–2007: The Sopranos
Winter wrote or co-wrote 25 episodes of The Sopranos. He also directed "Walk Like a Man".[3] In 2001, together with Tim Van Patten, Winter won both the Writers Guild Award and the Edgar Award for his episode "Pine Barrens," directed by Steve Buscemi. In 2004, Winter won two Emmys, one as Executive Producer for The Sopranos for Outstanding Drama Series, and one for Best Writing in a Drama Series for the episode "Long Term Parking."[2] He won another writing Emmy in 2006 for his episode "Members Only." Also in 2006, Winter wrote and directed an episode, "Walk Like a Man," for the show's final season. Winter won his second Writers Guild Award and his fourth Emmy when The Sopranos won Outstanding Drama Series. He won his third Writers Guild Award and the Pen USA award for his episode "The Second Coming," in 2008.[4][5][6] The Sopranos also won The Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television Drama in 2005 and 2008.
2010–2014: Boardwalk Empire
Winter is Boardwalk Empire's creator, showrunner and head writer, with fifteen episodes credited to him, including: "Boardwalk Empire",[7] "The Ivory Tower",[8] "A Return to Normalcy",[9] "21", "Two Boats and a Lifeguard", "To the Lost",[10] "Resolution", "The Pony", "Margate Sands", "Acres of Diamonds", "William Wilson", "Farewell Daddy Blues", "The Good Listener", "Cuanto", and "Eldorado".
Winter and Boardwalk Empire won a Writers Guild of America Award for Best Writing in a New Series and he was nominated for Best Writing in a Dramatic Series 2011 - 2013.[11] Boardwalk Empire won the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series Drama in 2011 and was nominated in 2012 and 2013. In addition, Steve Buscemi won for Best Actor in a Dramatic Series and Kelly MacDonald was nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television.[12] Boardwalk Empire was in The American Film Institute's Top Ten List for TV in 2010 and 2011. The Cast of Boardwalk Empire won the Screen Actor's Guild Award for Best Ensemble in a Drama Series, while Steve Buscemi won the Screen Actor's Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series and Martin Scorsese won the Directors Guild Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series. Boardwalk Empire was nominated for the Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series in both 2011 and 2012. In addition, Boardwalk Empire won The Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television Drama in 2012 and was nominated for BAFTA Best International Television in 2011.
2016: Vinyl
Winter served as the co-creator, writer, executive producer, and showrunner of the HBO period musical drama series Vinyl, which reunited him with Boardwalk Empire actor Bobby Cannavale and director Martin Scorsese.[13] Despite being picked up for a second season, Winter left his position as showrunner after just one season on the show due to "creative differences" in April 2016 and was replaced by executive producer Scott Z. Burns.[14][15]
Filmography
Film
Writer
| Year | Film | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Get Rich or Die Tryin' | |
| 2007 | Brooklyn Rules | |
| 2013 | The Wolf of Wall Street | National Board of Review Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (Nominated) |
| 2015 | The Audition | Short film |
Television
Producer
| Year | Show | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Vinyl | Co-creator and executive producer | |
| 2014 | Boardwalk Empire | Creator and executive producer | Season 5 |
| 2013 | Season 4 | ||
| 2012 | Season 3 | ||
| 2011 | Season 2 | ||
| 2010 | Season 1 | ||
| 2007 | The Sopranos | Executive producer | Season 6, Part II |
| 2006 | Season 6, Part I | ||
| 2004 | Season 5 | ||
| 2002 | Co-executive producer | Season 4 | |
| 2001 | Supervising producer | Season 3, episodes 7 to 13 | |
| Producer | Season 3, episodes 1 to 6 | ||
| 2000 | Producer | Season 2, episodes 7 to 13 | |
| Co-producer | Season 2, episodes 1 to 6 | ||
| The PJs | Co-producer | Season 2 | |
| 1998 | Soldier of Fortune | Creative consultant | Season 2 |
| Sister, Sister | Co-producer | Season 4 | |
| 1997 | |||
| 1996 | Flipper | Co-producer | Season 1 |
| 1995 | |||
Writer
| Year | Show | Season | Episode title | Episode | Original airdate | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Vinyl | 1 | "Yesterday Once More" | 2 | February 21, 2016 | |
| "Pilot" | 1 | February 14, 2016 | Co-written with George Mastras | |||
| 2014 | Boardwalk Empire | 5 | "Eldorado" | 56 | October 26, 2014 | Co-written with Howard Korder |
| "Cuanto" | 52 | September 28, 2014 | Co-written with Howard Korder and Cristine Chambers | |||
| "The Good Listener" | 50 | September 14, 2014 | ||||
| 2013 | 4 | "Farewell Daddy Blues" | 48 | November 24, 2013 | Co-written with Howard Korder | |
| "William Wilson" | 43 | October 20, 2013 | Co-written with David Matthews | |||
| "Acres of Diamonds" | 39 | September 22, 2013 | ||||
| 2012 | 3 | "Margate Sands" | 36 | December 2, 2012 | Co-written with Howard Korder | |
| "The Pony" | 32 | November 4, 2012 | Co-written with Howard Korder | |||
| "Resolution" | 25 | September 16, 2012 | ||||
| 2011 | 2 | "To the Lost" | 24 | November 13, 2011 | ||
| "Two Boats and a Lifeguard" | 20 | December 11, 2011 | ||||
| "21" | 13 | September 25, 2011 | ||||
| 2010 | 1 | "A Return to Normalcy" | 12 | December 5, 2010 | ||
| "The Ivory Tower" | 2 | September 26, 2010 | ||||
| "Boardwalk Empire" | 1 | September 19, 2010 | ||||
| 2007 | The Sopranos | 6 Part II | "The Second Coming" | 19 | May 20, 2007 | |
| "Walk Like a Man" | 17 | May 6, 2007 | ||||
| "Remember When" | 15 | April 22, 2007 | ||||
| "Stage 5" | 14 | April 15, 2007 | ||||
| 2006 | 6 Part I | "Kaisha" | 12 | June 4, 2006 | Co-written with David Chase & Matthew Weiner | |
| "The Ride" | 9 | May 7, 2006 | ||||
| "Live Free or Die" | 6 | April 16, 2006 | Co-written with David Chase and Robin Green & Mitchell Burgess | |||
| "Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request..." | 5 | April 9, 2006 | ||||
| "Members Only" | 1 | March 12, 2006 | ||||
| 2004 | 5 | "Long Term Parking" | 12 | May 23, 2004 | ||
| "Unidentified Black Males" | 9 | May 2, 2004 | Co-written with Matthew Weiner | |||
| "In Camelot" | 7 | April 19, 2004 | ||||
| "Two Tonys" | 1 | March 7, 2004 | Co-written with David Chase | |||
| 2002 | 4 | "Eloise" | 12 | December 1, 2002 | ||
| "Calling All Cars" | 11 | November 24, 2002 | Story by Winter, David Chase, Robin Green & Mitchell Burgess, teleplay by David Flebotte, Chase, Green & Burgess | |||
| "The Strong, Silent Type" | 10 | November 17, 2002 | Co-written with Robin Green & Mitchell Burgess | |||
| "Mergers And Acquisitions" | 8 | November 3, 2002 | Story | |||
| "Watching Too Much Television" | 7 | October 27, 2002 | Co-written with Nick Santora | |||
| "The Weight" | 4 | October 6, 2002 | ||||
| "No Show" | 2 | September 22, 2002 | Co-written with David Chase | |||
| 2001 | 3 | "Pine Barrens" | 11 | May 6, 2001 | ||
| "University" | 6 | April 1, 2001 | Co-written with Salvatore J. Stabile | |||
| "Another Toothpick" | 5 | March 25, 2001 | ||||
| 2000 | 2 | "House Arrest" | 11 | March 26, 2000 | ||
| "Big Girls Don't Cry" | 5 | February 13, 2000 | ||||
| 1998 | Diagnosis: Murder | 6 | "Till Death Do Us Part" | 3 | October 1, 1998 | |
| 1998 | Xena: Warrior Princess | 3 | "Vanishing Act" | 20 | April 27, 1998 | |
| 1997 | Sister, Sister | 4 | "Bring on Debate" | 12 | January 8, 1997 | |
| 1996 | Xena: Warrior Princess | 2 | "The Giant Killer" | 3 | October 14, 1996 | |
| Sister, Sister | 4 | "Kid-napped" | 6 | October 9, 1996 | ||
| Flipper | 1 | "Missile Crisis" | 13 | January 22, 1996 | Co-written with Allison Adler | |
| 1995 | Xena: Warrior Princess | 1 | "Cradle of Hope" | 4 | September 25, 1995 | |
| The Great Defender | 1 | "Def Poets Society" | 4 | July 24, 1995 | ||
| The Cosby Mysteries | 1 | "Goldilocks" | 17 | April 5, 1995 | Co-written with Lee Goldberg and William Rabkin | |
| "Big Brother is Watching" | 15 | March 15, 1995 | ||||
Director
| Year | Show | Season | Episode title | Episode | Original airdate | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | The Sopranos | 6 Part II | "Walk Like a Man" | 17 | May 6, 2007 | |
References
- ↑ "Terence Winter - Biography". All Media Guide / Rovi via The New York Times. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
- 1 2 3 HBO.com
- ↑ HBO.com
- ↑ "2008 Writers Guild Awards Television & Radio Nominees Announced". WGA. 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-13.
- ↑ Perry, Byron (2007-12-12). "WGA announce TV, radio nominees". Variety. Retrieved 2007-12-13.
- ↑ "HBO tops WGA awards list with five noms". The Hollywood Reporter. 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-13.
- ↑ Martin Scorsese (director), Terence Winter (writer) (2010-09-19). "Boardwalk Empire". Boardwalk Empire. Season 1. Episode 1. HBO.
- ↑ Tim Van Patten (director), Terence Winter (writer) (2010-09-26). "The Ivory Tower". Boardwalk Empire. Season 1. Episode 2. HBO.
- ↑ Tim Van Patten (director), Terence Winter (writer) (2010-12-05). "A Return to Normalcy". Boardwalk Empire. Season 1. Episode 12. HBO.
- ↑ List of Boardwalk Empire episodes
- ↑ "Television Nominations". Wga.org.
- ↑ "Golden Globe Nominations and Winners". Goldenglobes.org.
- ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (December 2, 2014). "Martin Scorsese, Mick Jagger & Terence Winter’s Rock ‘N’ Roll Drama Picked Up To Series By HBO". Deadline. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
- ↑ Hughes, William (April 8, 2016). "Terence Winter leaves Vinyl over “creative differences”". The A.V. Club. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
- ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (April 8, 2016). "‘Vinyl’ Showrunner Terence Winter Exits HBO Series, New Showrunner Named". Deadline. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
External links
- Terence Winter at the Internet Movie Database
- Terence Winter interview video at the Archive of American Television
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