Early life and career

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.

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. He additionally 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.

Winter has won four Emmys, an Edgar, three Norman Felton Awards for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television Drama, a Golden Globe, a PEN USA, and four WGA Awards during his time on both The Sopranos and Boardwalk Empire.

In 2014, he received his first Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Wolf of Wall Street.

2000-2007: The Sopranos

Winter wrote or co-wrote 25 episodes of The Sopranos. He also directed "Walk Like a Man". 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." 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. The Sopranos also won The Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television Drama in 2005 and 2008.

2010-2014: Boardwalk Empire

Winter is Boardwalk Empire's creator, showrunner and head writer, with fifteen episodes credited to him, including: "Boardwalk Empire", "The Ivory Tower", "A Return to Normalcy", "21", "Two Boats and a Lifeguard", "To the Lost", "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. 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. 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. 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.

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

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
		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
	Sister, Sister	Co-producer	Season 4
1997
1996	Flipper	Co-producer	Season 1
1995

Writer

Year	Show	Season	Episode title	Episode	Original airdate	Notes
2016	Vinyl	1	"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
			"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
			"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

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