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Max Winkler (director)

American director and screenwriter (born 1983)

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American director and screenwriter (born 1983)

Field	Value
name	Max Winkler
image	Director Max Winkler.jpg
caption	Winkler at the 2011 Miami International Film Festival showing of Ceremony
birth_name	Max Daniel Winkler
birth_date
birth_place	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
occupation
years_active	1993, 2006–present
father	Henry Winkler
spouse
children	2

Max Daniel Winkler (born August 18, 1983) is an American director and screenwriter. His credits include writing and directing the film Ceremony (2010), starring Michael Angarano and Uma Thurman. The film was Winkler's feature film directorial debut.{{cite web |access-date=2021-10-16

Early life and education

Born on August 18, 1983, in Los Angeles, California, Winkler is the son of Stacey Weitzman and actor Henry Winkler. He is Jewish, and his grandparents fled Germany before the Holocaust.{{cite web |access-date=2021-09-16 |archive-date=September 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916134140/https://www.npr.org/transcripts/712178030 |url-status=live

He graduated from the USC School of Cinematic Arts in 2006.{{cite web |access-date=2021-10-16

Personal life

Winkler married Jessica Barden in March 2021. The couple announced the birth of their daughter on 19 October 2021.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Producer	Notes
2006	The King of Central Park		Short film
2010	Ceremony
Ten Fingers		Short film
2011	Cat Run
2013	It's Not You It's Me		Short film
2017	Flower
2019	Jungleland
2020	Magic Camp

Television

Year	Title	Executive
Producer	Notes
2006	Clark and Michael		10 episodes
2007	Wainy Days		1 episode, also co-writer
2012–2013	The New Normal		4 episodes
2013–2014	New Girl		7 episodes
2014–2016	Brooklyn Nine-Nine		2 episodes
2015	Fresh Off the Boat		1 episode
Casual		2 episodes
The Grinder		1 episode
2016	Lady Dynamite		2 episodes
2017	Crazy Ex-Girlfriend		1 episode
2021	Cruel Summer		1 episode
2021–2023	American Horror Stories		3 episodes
2021–2022	American Horror Story		2 episodes
2022	The Watcher		1 episode
2022–2023	Minx		3 episodes
2023	School Spirits		2 episodes
2024	Feud: Capote vs. The Swans		1 episode
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story		1 episode
Grotesquerie		5 episodes
2025	Monster: The Ed Gein Story		8 episodes

Other credits

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

References

"Instagram".
Kaufman, Amy. (2011-04-12). ""Ceremony" director Max Winkler". Los Angeles Times.
(2011-04-19). "Max Winkler, Son of Henry, Channels His Impetuous Inner Child for 'Ceremony'". 7x7.
Hart, Hugh. (2011-04-01). "Henry Winkler's son makes a movie". SFGate.

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