Terence Winter

Terence Winter
Terence Winter in 2015
Born	Terence Patrick Winter (1960-10-02) October 2, 1960 New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Screenwriter, director, television producer, film producer
Years active	1995–present

Terence Patrick Winter (born October 2, 1960)^[1] is an American writer and producer of television and film. He is the creator, writer, and executive producer of the HBO television series Boardwalk Empire (2010–14). Before creating Boardwalk Empire, Winter was a writer and executive producer for the HBO television series The Sopranos, from the show's second to sixth and final season (2000–2007).^[2] In 2013, he wrote the screenplay to Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He was also the co-creator, writer and executive producer of another HBO television drama series, Vinyl (2016), which premiered for one season.

Early life

Winter was born in New York City, New York. He attended New York University in New York City, where he received a bachelor's degree. He went on to attend St. John's University School of Law, and became a member of the bars of New York State and Connecticut. He practiced law for two years in New York City before moving to Los Angeles, California in 1991 to pursue a screenwriting career. He eventually won a spot in the Warner Bros. Sitcom Writers Workshop, and later joined the writing staff of the Fox series The Great Defender, starring Michael Rispoli, later a Sopranos cast member.

Career

Early work

Prior to The Sopranos, Winter wrote for the series Sister, Sister, Xena: Warrior Princess, The Cosby Mysteries, Flipper, Diagnosis: Murder, Charlie Grace, DiResta and The PJs.^[2]

2000–2007: The Sopranos

Winter wrote or co-wrote 25 episodes of The Sopranos. He also directed "Walk Like a Man".^[3] In 2001, together with Tim Van Patten, Winter won both the Writers Guild Award and the Edgar Award for his episode "Pine Barrens," directed by Steve Buscemi. In 2004, Winter won two Emmys, one as Executive Producer for The Sopranos for Outstanding Drama Series, and one for Best Writing in a Drama Series for the episode "Long Term Parking."^[2] He won another writing Emmy in 2006 for his episode "Members Only." Also in 2006, Winter wrote and directed an episode, "Walk Like a Man," for the show's final season. Winter won his second Writers Guild Award and his fourth Emmy when The Sopranos won Outstanding Drama Series. He won his third Writers Guild Award and the Pen USA award for his episode "The Second Coming," in 2008.^[4]^[5]^[6] The Sopranos also won The Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television Drama in 2005 and 2008.

2010–14: Boardwalk Empire

Winter is Boardwalk Empire's creator, showrunner and head writer, with fifteen episodes credited to him, including: "Boardwalk Empire",^[7] "The Ivory Tower",^[8] "A Return to Normalcy",^[9] "21", "Two Boats and a Lifeguard", "To the Lost",^[10] "Resolution", "The Pony", "Margate Sands", "Acres of Diamonds", "William Wilson", "Farewell Daddy Blues", "The Good Listener", "Cuanto", and "Eldorado".

Winter and Boardwalk Empire won a Writers Guild of America Award for Best Writing in a New Series and he was nominated for Best Writing in a Dramatic Series 2011 - 2013.^[11] Boardwalk Empire won the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series Drama in 2011 and was nominated in 2012 and 2013. In addition, Steve Buscemi won for Best Actor in a Dramatic Series and Kelly MacDonald was nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television.^[12] Boardwalk Empire was in The American Film Institute's Top Ten List for TV in 2010 and 2011. The Cast of Boardwalk Empire won the Screen Actor's Guild Award for Best Ensemble in a Drama Series, while Steve Buscemi won the Screen Actor's Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series and Martin Scorsese won the Directors Guild Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series. Boardwalk Empire was nominated for the Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series in both 2011 and 2012. In addition, Boardwalk Empire won The Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television Drama in 2012 and was nominated for BAFTA Best International Television in 2011.

2016: Vinyl

Winter served as the co-creator, writer, executive producer, and showrunner of the HBO period musical drama series Vinyl, which reunited him with Boardwalk Empire actor Bobby Cannavale and director Martin Scorsese.^[13] Despite being picked up for a second season, Winter left his position as showrunner after just one season on the show due to "creative differences" in April 2016 and was replaced by executive producer Scott Z. Burns.^[14]^[15] On June 22, 2016, HBO canceled the series.^[16]

Film

He wrote the screenplay for the 2005 film Get Rich or Die Tryin' and its accompanying video game 50 Cent: Bulletproof. In 2006, he wrote and produced the film Brooklyn Rules, directed by Michael Corrente. In 2014, he received his first Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Wolf of Wall Street.

Filmography

Film

Writer

Year	Film	Notes
2005	Get Rich or Die Tryin'
2007	Brooklyn Rules
2013	The Wolf of Wall Street	National Board of Review Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (Nominated)
2015	The Audition	Short film
TBA	Warhol

Television

Producer

Year	Show	Role	Notes
2016	Vinyl	Co-creator and executive producer
2014	Boardwalk Empire	Creator and executive producer	Season 5
2013			Season 4
2012			Season 3
2011			Season 2
2010			Season 1
2007	The Sopranos	Executive producer	Season 6, Part II
2006			Season 6, Part I
2004			Season 5
2002		Co-executive producer	Season 4
2001		Supervising producer	Season 3, episodes 7 to 13
2001		Producer	Season 3, episodes 1 to 6
2000		Producer	Season 2, episodes 7 to 13
		Co-producer	Season 2, episodes 1 to 6
	The PJs	Co-producer	Season 2
1998	Soldier of Fortune	Creative consultant	Season 2
1998	Sister, Sister	Co-producer	Season 4
1997	Sister, Sister	Co-producer	Season 4
1996	Flipper	Co-producer	Season 1
1995	Flipper	Co-producer	Season 1

Writer

Year	Show	Season	Episode title	Episode	Original airdate	Notes
2016	Vinyl	1	"Alibi"	10	April 17, 2016
			"Yesterday Once More"	2	February 21, 2016
			"Pilot"	1	February 14, 2016	Co-written with George Mastras
2014	Boardwalk Empire	5	"Eldorado"	56	October 26, 2014	Co-written with Howard Korder
			"Cuanto"	52	September 28, 2014	Co-written with Howard Korder and Cristine Chambers
			"The Good Listener"	50	September 14, 2014
2013		4	"Farewell Daddy Blues"	48	November 24, 2013	Co-written with Howard Korder
			"William Wilson"	43	October 20, 2013	Co-written with David Matthews
			"Acres of Diamonds"	39	September 22, 2013
2012		3	"Margate Sands"	36	December 2, 2012	Co-written with Howard Korder
			"The Pony"	32	November 4, 2012	Co-written with Howard Korder
			"Resolution"	25	September 16, 2012
2011		2	"To the Lost"	24	November 13, 2011
			"Two Boats and a Lifeguard"	20	December 11, 2011
			"21"	13	September 25, 2011
2010		1	"A Return to Normalcy"	12	December 5, 2010
			"The Ivory Tower"	2	September 26, 2010
			"Boardwalk Empire"	1	September 19, 2010
2007	The Sopranos	6 Part II	"The Second Coming"	19	May 20, 2007
			"Walk Like a Man"	17	May 6, 2007
			"Remember When"	15	April 22, 2007
			"Stage 5"	14	April 15, 2007
2006		6 Part I	"Kaisha"	12	June 4, 2006	Co-written with David Chase & Matthew Weiner
			"The Ride"	9	May 7, 2006
			"Live Free or Die"	6	April 16, 2006	Co-written with David Chase and Robin Green & Mitchell Burgess
			"Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request..."	5	April 9, 2006
			"Members Only"	1	March 12, 2006
2004		5	"Long Term Parking"	12	May 23, 2004
			"Unidentified Black Males"	9	May 2, 2004	Co-written with Matthew Weiner
			"In Camelot"	7	April 19, 2004
			"Two Tonys"	1	March 7, 2004	Co-written with David Chase
2002		4	"Eloise"	12	December 1, 2002
			"Calling All Cars"	11	November 24, 2002	Story by Winter, David Chase, Robin Green & Mitchell Burgess, teleplay by David Flebotte, Chase, Green & Burgess
			"The Strong, Silent Type"	10	November 17, 2002	Co-written with Robin Green & Mitchell Burgess
			"Mergers and Acquisitions"	8	November 3, 2002	Story
			"Watching Too Much Television"	7	October 27, 2002	Co-written with Nick Santora
			"The Weight"	4	October 6, 2002
			"No Show"	2	September 22, 2002	Co-written with David Chase
2001		3	"Pine Barrens"	11	May 6, 2001
			"University"	6	April 1, 2001	Co-written with Salvatore J. Stabile
			"Another Toothpick"	5	March 25, 2001
2000		2	"House Arrest"	11	March 26, 2000
2000		2	"Big Girls Don't Cry"	5	February 13, 2000
1998	Diagnosis: Murder	6	"Till Death Do Us Part"	3	October 1, 1998
1998	Xena: Warrior Princess	3	"Vanishing Act"	20	April 27, 1998
1997	Sister, Sister	4	"Bring on Debate"	12	January 8, 1997
1996	Xena: Warrior Princess	2	"The Giant Killer"	3	October 14, 1996
	Sister, Sister	4	"Kid-napped"	6	October 9, 1996
	Flipper	1	"Missile Crisis"	13	January 22, 1996	Co-written with Allison Adler
1995	Xena: Warrior Princess	1	"Cradle of Hope"	4	September 25, 1995
	The Great Defender	1	"Def Poets Society"	4	July 24, 1995
	The Cosby Mysteries	1	"Goldilocks"	17	April 5, 1995	Co-written with Lee Goldberg and William Rabkin
	The Cosby Mysteries	1	"Big Brother is Watching"	15	March 15, 1995

Director

Year	Show	Season	Episode title	Episode	Original airdate	Notes
2007	The Sopranos	6 Part II	"Walk Like a Man"	17	May 6, 2007

References

↑ "Terence Winter - Biography". All Media Guide / Rovi via The New York Times. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
1 2 3 HBO.com
↑ HBO.com
↑ "2008 Writers Guild Awards Television & Radio Nominees Announced". WGA. 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-13.
↑ Perry, Byron (2007-12-12). "WGA announce TV, radio nominees". Variety. Retrieved 2007-12-13.
↑ "HBO tops WGA awards list with five noms". The Hollywood Reporter. 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-13.
↑ Martin Scorsese (director), Terence Winter (writer) (2010-09-19). "Boardwalk Empire". Boardwalk Empire. Season 1. Episode 1. HBO.
↑ Tim Van Patten (director), Terence Winter (writer) (2010-09-26). "The Ivory Tower". Boardwalk Empire. Season 1. Episode 2. HBO.
↑ Tim Van Patten (director), Terence Winter (writer) (2010-12-05). "A Return to Normalcy". Boardwalk Empire. Season 1. Episode 12. HBO.
↑ List of Boardwalk Empire episodes
↑ "Television Nominations". Wga.org.
↑ "Golden Globe Nominations and Winners". Goldenglobes.org.
↑ Andreeva, Nellie (December 2, 2014). "Martin Scorsese, Mick Jagger & Terence Winter's Rock 'N' Roll Drama Picked Up To Series By HBO". Deadline. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
↑ Hughes, William (April 8, 2016). "Terence Winter leaves Vinyl over "creative differences"". The A.V. Club. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
↑ Andreeva, Nellie (April 8, 2016). "'Vinyl' Showrunner Terence Winter Exits HBO Series, New Showrunner Named". Deadline. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
↑ Andreeva, Nellie (June 22, 2016). "'Vinyl' Canceled: No Season 2 For HBO Drama Series". Deadline.com. Retrieved June 22, 2016.

External links

Terence Winter at the Internet Movie Database
Terence Winter interview video at the Archive of American Television

Boardwalk Empire

Episodes

Season 1	"Boardwalk Empire" "The Ivory Tower" "Broadway Limited" "Anastasia" "Nights in Ballygran" "Family Limitation" "Home" "Hold Me in Paradise" "Belle Femme" "The Emerald City" "Paris Green" "A Return to Normalcy"

Season 2	"21" "Ourselves Alone" "A Dangerous Maid" "What Does the Bee Do?" "Gimcrack & Bunkum" "The Age of Reason" "To the Lost"

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5	"Eldorado"

Characters

Soundtrack

Volume 1
Volume 2

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series

1955–1975	Reginald Rose for Twelve Angry Men (1955) Rod Serling (1960) Rod Serling (1961) Reginald Rose (1962) Robert Thom / Reginald Rose for "The Madman" (1963) Ernest Kinoy for "Blacklist" and Rod Serling for "It's Mental Work"(1964) David Karp for "The 700 Year Old Gang" (1965) Millard Lampell for "Eagle in a Cage" (1966) Bruce Geller for "Mission: Impossible" (1967) Loring Mandel for "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" (1968) JP Miller for "The People Next Door" (1969) Richard Levinson & William Link for "My Sweet Charlie" (1970) Joel Oliansky for "To Taste of Death But Once" (1971) Richard Levinson & William Link for "Death Lends a Hand" (1972) John McGreevey for "The Scholar" (1973) Joanna Lee for "The Thanksgiving Story" (1974) Howard Fast for "Benjamin Franklin: The Ambassador" (1975)

1976–2000	Sherman Yellen for "John Adams: Lawyer" (1976) William Blinn & Ernest Kinoy for "Show #2" (1977) Gerald Green for "Holocaust" (1978) Michele Gallery for "Dying" (1979) Seth Freeman for "Cop" (1980) Steven Bochco, Michael Kozoll for "Hill Street Station" (1981) Steven Bochco, Michael Kozoll, Jeff Lewis, Michael I. Wagner, Anthony Yerkovich for "Freedom's Last Stand" (1982) David Milch for "Trial by Fury" (1983) Tom Fontana, John Masius, John Ford Noonan for "The Women" (1984) Patricia Green for "Who Said It's Fair, Part 2" (1985) Tom Fontana, John Masius, Joe Tinker for "Time Heals, Parts I & II" (1986) Steven Bochco, Terry Louise Fisher for "The Venus Butterfly" (1987) Paul Haggis, Marshall Herskovitz for "Business as Usual" (1988) Joseph Dougherty for "First Day/Last Day" (1989) David E. Kelley for "Blood, Sweat, and Fears" (1990) David E. Kelley for "On the Toad Again" (1991) Diane Frolov / Andrew Schneider for "Seoul Mates" (1992) Tom Fontana for "Three Men and Adena" (1993) Ann Biderman for "Steroid Roy" (1994) Lance A. Gentile for "Love's Labor Lost" (1995) Darin Morgan for "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose" (1996) Stephen Gaghan / David Milch / Michael R. Perry for "Where's Swaldo?" (1997) Bill Clark / Nicholas Wootton / David Milch for "Lost Israel: Part II" (1998) David Chase / James Manos Jr. for "College" (1999) Rick Cleveland & Aaron Sorkin for "In Excelsis Deo" (2000)

2000–present	Mitchell Burgess & Robin Green for "Employee of the Month" (2001) Robert Cochran / Joel Surnow for "12:00 a.m. – 1:00 a.m." (2002) Mitchell Burgess & David Chase & Robin Green for "Whitecaps" (2003) Terence Winter for "Long Term Parking" (2004) David Shore for "Three Stories" (2005) Terence Winter for "Members Only" (2006) David Chase for "Made in America" (2007) Matthew Weiner for "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (2008) Kater Gordon & Matthew Weiner for "Meditations in an Emergency" (2009) Erin Levy & Matthew Weiner for "Shut the Door. Have a Seat." (2010) Jason Katims for "Always" (2011) Alex Gansa & Howard Gordon & Gideon Raff for "Pilot (Homeland)" (2012) Henry Bromell for "Q&A" (2013) Moira Walley-Beckett for "Ozymandias" (2014) David Benioff & D. B. Weiss for "Mother's Mercy" (2015) David Benioff & D. B. Weiss for "Battle of the Bastards" (2016)

Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Episodic Drama (2000–2009)

Rick Cleveland and Aaron Sorkin for "In Excelsis Deo" (2000) Tim Van Patten and Terence Winter for "Pine Barrens" (2001) Dawn Prestwich and Nicole Yorkin for "Pilot" (The Education of Max Bickford) (2002) Evan Katz for "Day 2: 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m." (2003) Debora Cahn for "The Supremes" (2004) Lawrence Kaplow for "Autopsy" (2005) Mark V. Olsen and Will Scheffer for "Pilot" (Big Love) (2006) Terence Winter for "The Second Coming" (2007) Vince Gilligan for "Pilot" (Breaking Bad) (2008) David Foster, Russel Friend, Garrett Lerner, and David Shore for "Broken" (2009)

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