Ralph Winter (producer)

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name = Ralph Winter
birthdate = birth date and age|1952|4|24
birthplace = Glendale, California
yearsactive = 1978 - present
occupation = Producer
spouse = Judy Beth Brown

Ralph Winter is a Hollywood film producer who has produced blockbuster movies such as the "X-Men" and "Fantastic Four" series. He currently has an overall first look deal with 20th Century Fox.

Winter is also a partner in ThomasWinterCooke, which produces television commercials and represents a number of commercial directors.

Winter is a member of the Directors Guild of America and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

He has helped along such film schools as the Veracity Project, Biola University.

Recently, it was announced he is producing a film version of C.S. Lewis' "The Screwtape Letters". [http://www.narniafans.com/?id=1054]

Early life and career

Ralph Winter is a native of Glendale, California. He attended the University of California, Berkeley, where he studied History. His first experience in production was producing training videos for Broadway Department Stores. In 1978, Winter started working in the film business for Paramount Pictures television, where he worked on "Happy Days", "Laverne & Shirley", and "Mork and Mindy". Following his experiences in television he started working alongside Harve Bennett on the "Star Trek" films. He was an associate producer on "Star Trek III", executive producer on "Star Trek IV", and producer on both "Star Trek V" and "VI".

Christian films produced

Winter also is active in producing Christian movies, such as the recently release "Thr3e", based on Ted Dekker's book. Besides "Thr3e", Winter has also produced the film "Hangman's Curse",and "((The Visitation))", both of which were novel-to-movie creations written by Christian author Frank Peretti. Another movie has just wrapped, written by both authors, titled "House", which is to be released in theaters in 2007.

Winter is a Presbyterian and his faith influenced him to make a movie based on the "Left Behind" series of books.

Filmography

* 2007 ""
* 2007 "Thr3e"
* 2006 ""
* 2006 "The Visitation"
* 2005 "Fantastic Four"
* 2003 "Blizzard"
* 2003 "X2"
* 2001 "Planet of the Apes"
* 2000 "X-Men"
* 2000 ""
* 1999 "Inspector Gadget"
* 1998 "Mighty Joe Young"
* 1996 "High Incident"
* 1995 "Hackers"
* 1994 "The Puppet Masters"
* 1993 "Hocus Pocus"
* 1991 ""
* 1991 "Plymouth"
* 1989 ""
* 1986 ""
* 1984 ""

External links

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