Michael Winner Biography (1935-)

Full name, Michael Robert Winner; born October 30, 1935, in London, England;son of George Joseph (a company director) and Helen (Zloty) Winner. Addresses: Office: Scimitar Films Ltd., 6-8 Sackville St., London W1X 1DD, England.

Nationality: British
Gender: Male
Occupation: Producer, director, film editor, writer
Birth Details: October 30, 1935; London, England

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Work
Director, Except Where Indicated
Shoot to Kill, Border, 1961
Haunted England, 1961
Some Like It Cool, 1961
Old Mac, 1961
Play It Cool, Allied Artists, 1962
(And producer) Out of the Shadow (also known as Murder on the Campus), 1962
The Cool Mikado, United Artists, 1962
The System (also known as The Girl Getters), American International Pictures, 1963
West Eleven, Associated British, 1963
You Must Be Joking!, Columbia, 1965
The Jokers, Universal, 1967
(And producer) I'll Never Forget What's 'is Name, Regional, 1967
(And producer) Hannibal Brooks, United Artists, 1968
The Games, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1969
(And producer) Lawman, United Artists, 1970
(And producer) The Nightcomers, Avco-Embassy, 1971
(And producer) Chato's Land, United Artists, 1971
Scorpio, United Artists, 1972
The Mechanic (also known as Killer of Killers), United Artists, 1972
(And producer) The Stone Killer, Columbia, 1973
(And coproducer) Death Wish, Paramount, 1974
(And producer) Won Ton Ton, the Dog That Saved Hollywood, Paramount, 1975
(And producer) The Sentinel, Universal, 1977
(And producer) The Big Sleep, United Artists, 1978
(And producer) Firepower, Associated Film Distributors, 1979
Death Wish II, Warner Bros., 1982
The Wicked Lady, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1983
Scream for Help, Lorimar, 1984
(And coproducer) Death Wish 3, Cannon, 1985
Director and editor of additional scenes, Claudia, 1985
(And producer) Dirty Weekend,1987, Scimitar Films, 1992
(And producer) Appointment with Death, Cannon, 1988
(And producer) A Chorus of Disapproval, South Gate, 1989
(And producer) Bullseye!, RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, 1991
(And producer) Parting Shots, Michael Winner Ltd./Scimitar Films,1998
Also director and producer of Behave Yourself, Climb up the Wall, Girls, Girls, Girls, It's Magic, and Swiss Holiday.
Film Editor

As Arnold Crust or Arnold Crust, Jr.
The Nightcomers, Avco-Embassy, 1971
Chato's Land, United Artists, 1971
Scorpio, United Artists, 1972
The Mechanic (also known as Killer of Killers), United Artists, 1972
Firepower, Associated Film Distributors, 1979
Death Wish II, Warner Bros., 1982
The Wicked Lady, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1983
Death Wish 3, Cannon, 1985
Dirty Weekend, 1987, Scimitar Films, 1992
Appointment with Death, Cannon, 1988
A Chorus of Disapproval, South Gate, 1989
Film Appearances
The director, Calliope, 1993
Member of entourage, Decadence, 1994
Neighbor, Shelf Life, H30 Films Ltd., 2000
Stage Producer
Nights at the Comedy, Comedy Theatre, London, 1960
The Silence of St. Just, Gardner Centre Theatre, Brighton, England, 1971
The Tempest, Wyndham's Theatre, London, 1974
A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine, Mayfair Theatre, London, 1978
Television Work
Series
Associated with Dick and the Duchess, CBS, 1957-58; True Crimes (also known as Michael Winner's True Crimes), London WeekendTelevision, 1990-94, and with the British series White Hunter.
Television Appearances
Episodic
The Kenny Everett Television Show, 1982
Have I Got News for You, 1995
The Mrs. Merton Show, BBC, 1997
"Crime," Brass Eye, Channel 4 (England), 1997
Bang, Bang, It's Reeves and Mortimer, BBC2, 1999
Casting Couch, 1999
Meet Ricky Gervais, Channel 4, 2000
"Comic Relief's Weakest Link," The Weakest Link, NBC, 2001
Other Television Appearances
Sir Randolph Spence, For the Greater Good, 1991
WRITINGS
Screenplays
Man with a Gun, 1958
Shoot to Kill, Border, 1961
(With Maurice Browning and Lew Schwartz) The Cool Mikado, United Artists, 1962
Out of the Shadow (also known as Murder on the Campus), 1962
(With Alan Hackney) You Must Be Joking!, Columbia, 1965
The Jokers, Universal, 1967
(With Tom Wright) Hannibal Brooks, United Artists, 1968
(With Jeffrey Konvitz) The Sentinel, Universal, 1977
The Big Sleep, United Artists, 1978
Firepower, Associated Film Distributors, 1979
(With Leslie Arliss) The Wicked Lady, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1983
Claudia, 1985
(With Anthony Shaffer and Peter Buckman) Appointment with Death (based on the novel by Agatha Christie), Cannon, 1988
(With Alan Ayckbourn) A Chorus of Disapproval (based on the play by Ayckbourn), South Gate, 1989
(With Helen Zahari) Dirty Weekend, Scimitar Films, 1992
Parting Shots (based on a story by Winner), Michael Winner Ltd./Scimitar Films, 1998
Also author of Behave Yourself, Climb up the Wall, Girls, Girls, Girls, It's Magic, Some Like It Cool, and Swiss Holiday.
Other Writings
Winner's Dinners, revised edition, 2000
Contributor to books, including Directing the Film, American FilmInstitute, 1974. Also contributor of articles to periodicals, including Daily Express, Evening Standard, Spectator, and Sunday Times (London).

Further Reference

Adaptations

The film Bullseye! 1992. was based on a story by Winner.

OTHER SOURCES

Books

Contemporary Authors, Volume 137, Gale,
Harding, Bill, The Films of Michael Winner, 1978. Frederick Muller,

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