Gary Winick
{{Short description|American filmmaker (1961–2011)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Gary Winick
| image = Gary Winick 2002.jpg
| caption = Winick at a Tadpole screening at the Seattle International Film Festival in 2002
| birthname = Gary Scott Winick
| birth_date = {{birth date|1961|3|31}}
| birth_place = Manhattan, New York, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|2011|2|27|1961|3|31}}
| death_place = Manhattan, New York, U.S.
| occupation = Filmmaker
| education = AFI Conservatory
| years_active = 1979–2010
}}
Gary Scott Winick (March 31, 1961{{spaced ndash}}February 27, 2011) was an American filmmaker whose films 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,{{cite news |last=Weber |first=Bruce |title=Gary Winick, Director of Small and Studio Films, Dies at 49 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/01/movies/01winick.html |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=March 8, 2011 |url-access=subscription |date=March 1, 2011 |page=B16}} graduating in 1979.{{citation needed|date=September 2013}} A 1984 graduate of Tufts University,{{cite web |url=http://www.tufts.edu/communications/printerversion/012202BaskingInTheSun.htm |title=Basking In The Sun |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050103100733/http://www.tufts.edu/communications/printerversion/012202BaskingInTheSun.htm |archive-date=January 3, 2005 |access-date=10 November 2019 |date=22 January 2001 |work=Tufts}} he went on to receive Master of Fine Arts degrees from both the University of Texas at Austin and the AFI Conservatory.{{cite web |url=http://movies.warnerbros.com/sweet/cmp/filmmakers.html |title=Sweet Nothing Filmmakers |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090531063358/http://movies.warnerbros.com/sweet/cmp/filmmakers.html |archive-date=May 31, 2009 |access-date=10 November 2019 |work=Warner Bros}}
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).{{cite web |url=http://www.charlotteswebmovie.com/site/gary_winick.html |work=Charlotte's Web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061029122632/http://www.charlotteswebmovie.com/site/gary_winick.html |archive-date=October 29, 2006 |access-date=10 November 2019 |title=Gary Winick}} His final films were Bride Wars and Letters to Juliet.{{cite news |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/2010/05/14/movies/14letters.html |title=In Pursuit of a Long-Distance Romance, Abandoned Long Ago |newspaper=The New York Times |date=14 May 2010 |access-date=10 November 2019 |url-access=subscription |first=A. O. |last=Scott |author-link=A. O. Scott}} 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.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/films/callingtheshots/gary_winick.shtml |title=Calling the Shots: Gary Winick |first=Jamie |last=Russell |work=BBC Films |publisher=BBC |date=28 October 2014 |access-date=10 November 2019}}
Death
Winick died in Manhattan on February 27, 2011, following a years-long battle with brain cancer. He was 49 years old.{{cite news | url = http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/director-gary-winick-dies-at-162422 | title= Director Gary Winick Dies at 49 | date = February 28, 2011 | first= Lindsay | last = Powers | work = The Hollywood Reporter}}
Filmography
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title !width=65| Director !width=65| Producer !width=65| Writer |
|---|
| 1989
| Curfew | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
| 1991
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
| 1995
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |
| 1998
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
| 2001
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |
| 2002
| Tadpole | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{Partial|Story}} |
| 2004
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
| 2006
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
| 2009
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
| 2010
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
Awards
- 2002 Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award for producing Personal Velocity{{citation needed|date=September 2013}}
References
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External links
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- {{cite news | url = http://www.dga.org/news/v26_5/indies_digitalfrontier.php3 | title = Four Directors Share Hard-Learned Lessons on the Pros and Cons of Digital Filmmaking | first= Xeni| last = Jardin | work = DGA Magazine | date= January 2002 | archivedate= July 4, 2008 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080704202833/http://www.dga.org/news/v26_5/indies_digitalfrontier.php3}}
- {{cite web | url = http://www.rogerebert.com/far-flung-correspondents/gary-winick-a-valediction-forbidding-mourning | title = Gary Winick: A Valediction Forbidding Mourning | first= Anath | last = White | date=June 8, 2011 | publisher= Rogerebert.com}}
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Category:AFI Conservatory alumni
Category:American film editors
Category:Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School alumni
Category:Deaths from brain cancer in New York (state)
Category:Film directors from New York City
Category:Film producers from New York (state)
Category:Independent Spirit Award winners
Category:Sundance Film Festival award winners
Category:Moody College of Communication alumni