Gary Winick

GARY WINICK has directed Bride Wars (2009), "13 Going On 30" (2004) and "Charlotte's Web" (2006), a live action/computer-animated feature film based on the popular book of the same name by E. B. White.

Winick received his B.A. degree at Tufts University and his MFA degree from the University of Texas and the American Film Institute.

He taught at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts for seven years, and in 1999 teamed up with John Sloss and IFC Productions to create Independent Digital Entertainment (InDigEnt) to produce digital video feature films for theatrical release.

Winick's producing credits include "Final," directed by Campbell Scott; "Chelsea Walls," directed by Ethan Hawke, which premiered in the Director's Fortnight at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival; "Tape," directed by Richard Linklater; "Women In Film," directed by Bruce Wagner, which premiered at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival; "Ten Tiny Love Stories," directed by Rodrigo Garcia; "Wake Up And Smell The Coffee," directed by Michael Rauch; "Personal Velocity," directed by Rebecca Miller, which premiered in the Dramatic Competition at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival; "Kill The Poor," directed by Alan Taylor; and "November" directed by Greg Harrison, which premiered in the Dramatic Competition at the 2004 Sundance and won the Cinematography Award.

Other producing credits are "Pizza," directed by Mark Christopher; "Land Of Plenty," directed by Wim Wenders, which premiered in the Dramatic Competition at the 2004 Venice Film Festival and won the UNEXCO Award; "Lonesome Jim," directed by Steve Buscemi, which premiered in the Dramatic Competition at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival; "Sorry Haters" directed by Jeff Stanzler, which premiered at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival; "Flakes," directed by Michael Lehmann; and "Puccini for Beginners" directed by Maria Maggenti, which premiered in the Dramatic Competition at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival.

Other film directing credits include "Curfew" (1988), "Out of the Rain" (1991), "Sweet Nothing" (1996) and "The Tic Code," which won the Glass Bear at the 1999 Berlin Film Festival. Winick directed two digital feature films, "Sam the Man" (2000) and "Tadpole," the latter premiering in the Dramatic Competition at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival and won the Best Director Award.

Unfortunately, his last film was Letters to Juliet (2011), the same year he died.

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