Biography
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Irwin Winkler, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Picture · 1977
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Academy Award — Best Picture · 1991 · nominated
- Golden Raspberry Award — Worst Picture · 1991 · nominated
- Golden Raspberry Award — Worst Picture · 1986 · nominated
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- Academy Award — Best Picture · 1984 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Picture · 1981 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Picture · 1977 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
GoodFellas
Uncle Joe Shannon
The Wolf of Wall Street
Raging Bull
Rocky
The Irishman
Creed
The Right Stuff
Rocky II
Music Box
Creed III
Silence
Life as a House
'Round Midnight
Rocky IV
Creed II
Point Blank
Rocky Balboa
Rocky III
Enough
The Gambler
The Mechanic
The Split
The Mechanic
Guilty by Suspicion
The Shipping News
Breakout
The Alto Knights
Busting
De-Lovely
Betrayed
True Confessions
Comes a Horseman
Nickelodeon
The Gambler
At First Sight
The Net
The Strawberry Statement
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
Up the Sandbox
Rocky V
Valentino
Blue
Survivor
The Juror
Trespass
Home of the Brave
Revolution
Leo the Last
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight