Max Winkler (director)

Max Daniel Winkler (born August 18, 1983) is an American director and screenwriter. His credits include directing the film Ceremony (2010), starring Michael Angarano and Uma Thurman. The film was Winkler's feature film directorial debut.^[2][3]

Max Winkler
Winkler at the 2011 Miami International Film Festival showing of Ceremony
Born	Max Daniel Winkler (1983-08-18) August 18, 1983 (age 41) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Film director, screenwriter, television director
Years active	1993, 2006–present
Spouse	Jessica Barden ​ (m. 2021)​
Children	2[1]
Father	Henry Winkler

Personal life and education

Born on August 18, 1983, in Los Angeles, California, Winkler is the son of Stacey Weitzman and actor Henry Winkler.^[4] He is Jewish, and his grandparents were Holocaust survivors.^[5] As a child, he had a small role in the 1993 film Cop and a Half, a film his father directed.^[2]

He graduated from the USC School of Cinematic Arts in 2006.^[6][7]

On October 13, 2021, Winkler had his first child, a daughter named Frankie, with wife Jessica Barden.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Producer	Notes
2006	The King of Central Park	Yes	Yes	Yes	Short film
2010	Ceremony	Yes	Yes	No
	Ten Fingers	No	No	Executive	Short film
2011	Cat Run	No	No	Executive
2013	It's Not You It's Me	No	No	Yes	Short film
2017	Flower	Yes	Yes	No
2019	Jungleland	Yes	Yes	Executive
2020	Magic Camp	No	Yes	No

Television

Year	Title	Director	Executive Producer	Notes
2006	Clark and Michael	Yes	Producer	10 episodes
2007	Wainy Days	Yes	No	1 episode, also co-writer
2012–13	The New Normal	Yes	No	4 episodes
2013–14	New Girl	Yes	No	7 episodes
2014–16	Brooklyn Nine-Nine	Yes	No	2 episodes
2015	Fresh Off the Boat	Yes	No	1 episode
	Casual	Yes	No	2 episodes
	The Grinder	Yes	No	1 episode
2016	Lady Dynamite	Yes	No	2 episodes
2017	Crazy Ex-Girlfriend	Yes	No	1 episode
2021	Cruel Summer	Yes	Yes	1 episode
2021–23	American Horror Stories	Yes	Yes	3 episodes
2021–22	American Horror Story	Yes	No	2 episodes
2022	The Watcher	Yes	No	1 episode
2022–23	Minx	Yes	No	3 episodes
2023	School Spirits	Yes	Yes	2 episodes
2024	Feud: Capote vs. The Swans	Yes	No	1 episode
	Monster: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story	Yes	No	1 episode
	Grotesquerie	Yes	Yes	5 episodes

Other credits

• Cop and a Half (actor, 1993)
• A Cut Above (short film, production designer, 2006)
• Arrested Development (actor, 2013)

References

1. https://www.instagram.com/p/C_I90q5PnZU/
2. "Max Winkler, Son of Henry, Channels His Impetuous Inner Child for 'Ceremony'". 7x7. 2011-04-19. Retrieved 2013-01-17.
3. Kaufman, Amy (2011-04-12). "Director Max Winkler's persistence pays off". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
4. Kaufman, Amy (2011-04-12). ""Ceremony" director Max Winkler". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2013-01-17.
5. Gross, Terry (2019-04-11). "'I Never Had A Plan B': Henry Winkler On His Career, From The Fonz To 'Barry'". NPR. Archived from the original on September 16, 2021. Retrieved 2021-09-16.
6. Hart, Hugh (2011-04-01). "Henry Winkler's son makes a movie". SFGate. Retrieved 2013-01-17.
7. "Flower". USC Cinematic arts. Retrieved 2021-10-16.

External links

• Max Winkler at IMDb