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Gary Winick

Gary Winick
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Winick at a Tadpole screening at the Seattle International Film Festival, 2002
Born Gary Scott Winick
(1961-03-31)March 31, 1961
Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Died February 27, 2011(2011-02-27) (aged 49)
Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Cause of death Pneumonia
Occupation Film director, film editor, film producer
Years active 1986–2010

Gary Scott Winick (March 31, 1961 – February 27, 2011) was an American filmmaker whose movies as a director include Tadpole (2002) and 13 Going on 30 (2004), and who also produced such films as Pieces of April (2003) and November (2004) through his New York City-based independent film production company InDigEnt.

Born in Manhattan, New York City, Gary Winick attended Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School in that borough, graduating in 1979. A 1984 graduate of Tufts University, he went on to receive Master of Fine Arts degree from both the University of Texas at Austin and the AFI Conservatory.

Winick directed the films Out of the Rain (1991), Tadpole (2002), 13 Going on 30 (2004), and the live-action remake of Charlotte's Web (2006). His final films were Bride Wars and Letters to Juliet. He produced such films as Pieces of April (2003) and November (2004) through his New York City-based independent film production company InDigEnt, founded in 1999.

Winick died of pneumonia in Manhattan on February 27, 2011, at age 49, resulting from brain cancer that had spread throughout him since 2009.


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