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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Gary_Winick > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Gary_Winick.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Winick > Source revision: 1354328031 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{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](/source/Seattle_International_Film_Festival) in 2002 | birth_name = Gary Scott Winick | birth_date = {{birth date|1961|3|31}} | birth_place = [Manhattan](/source/Manhattan), [New York](/source/New_York_(state)), 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](/source/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](/source/Tadpole_(film))'' (2002) and ''[13 Going on 30](/source/13_Going_on_30)'' (2004), and who also produced such films as ''[Pieces of April](/source/Pieces_of_April)'' (2003) and ''[November](/source/November_(2004_film))'' (2004) through his New York City-based [independent film](/source/independent_film) production company InDigEnt. ==Biography== Born in [Manhattan](/source/Manhattan), [New York City](/source/New_York_City), Gary Winick attended [Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Tufts)}} he went on to receive [Master of Fine Arts](/source/Master_of_Fine_Arts) degrees from both the [University of Texas at Austin](/source/University_of_Texas_at_Austin) and the [AFI Conservatory](/source/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](/source/Warner_Bros)}} Winick directed the films ''[Out of the Rain](/source/Out_of_the_Rain)'' (1991), ''[Tadpole](/source/Tadpole_(film))'' (2002), ''[13 Going on 30](/source/13_Going_on_30)'' (2004), and the live-action remake of ''[Charlotte's Web](/source/Charlotte's_Web_(2006_film))'' (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](/source/Bride_Wars)'' and ''[Letters to Juliet](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Pieces_of_April)'' (2003) and ''[November](/source/November_(2004_film))'' (2004) through his New York City-based [independent film](/source/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](/source/BBC_Films) |publisher=[BBC](/source/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](/source/brain_tumor). 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](/source/The_Hollywood_Reporter)}} ==Filmography== {|class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title !width=65| Director !width=65| Producer !width=65| Writer |- | 1989 | ''[Curfew](/source/Curfew_(1989_film))'' | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |- | 1991 | ''[Out of the Rain](/source/Out_of_the_Rain)'' | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |- | 1995 | ''[Sweet Nothing](/source/Sweet_Nothing_(film))'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |- | 1998 | ''[The Tic Code](/source/The_Tic_Code)'' | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |- | 2001 | ''[Sam the Man](/source/Sam_the_Man)'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |- | 2002 | ''[Tadpole](/source/Tadpole_(film))'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{Partial|Story}} |- | 2004 | ''[13 Going on 30](/source/13_Going_on_30)'' | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |- | 2006 | ''[Charlotte's Web](/source/Charlotte's_Web_(2006_film))'' | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |- | 2009 | ''[Bride Wars](/source/Bride_Wars)'' | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |- | 2010 | ''[Letters to Juliet](/source/Letters_to_Juliet)'' | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |- |} ==Awards== * 2002 [Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award](/source/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](/source/Directors_Guild_of_America) 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](/source/Roger_Ebert)}} {{Gary Winick}} {{Sundance Directing Award Dramatic}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Winick, Gary}} Category:1961 births Category:2011 deaths 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 Category:Mass media people from Manhattan Category:Tufts University alumni --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Gary Winick](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Winick) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Winick?action=history)). 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