{{Short description|American filmmaker (1961–2011)}} {{about|the filmmaker|the financier|Gary Winnick|the game developer|Gary Winnick (game developer)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2013}} {{Infobox person | name = Gary Winick | image = Gary Winick 2002.jpg | caption = Winick at a ''Tadpole'' screening at the Seattle International Film Festival in 2002 | birth_name = 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)<ref name=Manhattan /> 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,<ref name=Manhattan>{{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}}</ref> graduating in 1979.{{citation needed|date=September 2013}} A 1984 graduate of Tufts University,<ref>{{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}}</ref> he went on to receive Master of Fine Arts degrees from both the University of Texas at Austin and the AFI Conservatory.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
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).<ref>{{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}}</ref> His final films were ''Bride Wars'' and ''Letters to Juliet''.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
==Death== Winick died in Manhattan on February 27, 2011, following a years-long battle with brain cancer. He was 49 years old.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref name=Manhattan />
==Filmography== {|class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title !width=65| Director !width=65| Producer !width=65| Writer |- | 1989 | ''Curfew'' | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |- | 1991 | ''Out of the Rain'' | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |- | 1995 | ''Sweet Nothing'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |- | 1998 | ''The Tic Code'' | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |- | 2001 | ''Sam the Man'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |- | 2002 | ''Tadpole'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{Partial|Story}} |- | 2004 | ''13 Going on 30'' | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |- | 2006 | ''Charlotte's Web'' | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |- | 2009 | ''Bride Wars'' | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |- | 2010 | ''Letters to Juliet'' | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |- |}
==Awards== * 2002 Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award for producing ''Personal Velocity''{{citation needed|date=September 2013}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name}} *{{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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