Terence Winter Biography

Terence Winter (born 1961) is an American writer and producer of television and film. He is the creator, writer, and executive producer of the HBO television series Boardwalk Empire. Before creating Boardwalk Empire, Winter was a writer and executive producer for the HBO television series The Sopranos.

Biography

Terence Winter 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 Broadcasting 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, The New Adventures of 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 was a producer of the film Brooklyn Rules, directed by Michael Corrente.

Most recently, he wrote the screenplay for the upcoming Martin Scorsese film, The Wolf of Wall Street.

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 for his episode "The Second Coming," in 2008.

Boardwalk Empire

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

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. Boardwalk Empire won the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series Drama. 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. 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.

Filmography

Film

Writer

Year	Film	Notes
2005	Get Rich or Die Tryin'
2013	The Wolf of Wall Street

Television

Producer

Year	Show	Role	Notes
2011	Boardwalk Empire	Executive producer	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
2011	Boardwalk Empire	2	"To the Lost"	24	13 November 2011
			"Two Boats and a Lifeguard"	20	11 December 2011
			"21"	13	25 September 2011
2010		1	"A Return to Normalcy"	12	5 December 2010
			"The Ivory Tower"	2	26 September 2010
			"Boardwalk Empire"	1	19 September 2010
2007	The Sopranos	6 Part II	"The Second Coming"	19	20 May 2007
			"Walk Like a Man"	17	6 May 2007
			"Remember When"	15	22 April 2007
			"Stage 5"	14	15 April 2007
2006		6 Part I	"Kaisha"	12	4 June 2006	Co-written with David Chase & Matthew Weiner
			"The Ride"	9	7 May 2006
			"Live Free or Die"	6	16 April 2006	Co-written with David Chase and Robin Green & Mitchell Burgess
			"Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request..."	5	9 April 2006
			"Members Only"	1	12 March 2006
2004		5	"Long Term Parking"	12	23 May 2004
			"Unidentified Black Males"	9	2 May 2004	Co-written with Matthew Weiner
			"In Camelot"	7	19 April 2004
			"Two Tonys"	1	7 March 2004	Co-written with David Chase
2002		4	"Eloise"	12	1 December 2002
			"Calling All Cars"	11	24 November 2002	Story by Winter, David Chase, Robin Green & Mitchell Burgess, teleplay by David Flebotte, Chase, Green & Burgess
			"The Strong, Silent Type"	10	17 November 2002	Co-written with Robin Green & Mitchell Burgess
			"Mergers And Acquisitions"	8	3 November 2002	Story
			"Watching Too Much Television"	7	27 October 2002	Co-written with Nick Santora
			"The Weight"	4	6 October 2002
			"No Show"	2	22 September 2002	Co-written with David Chase
2001		3	"Pine Barrens"	11	6 May 2001
			"University"	6	1 April 2001	Co-written with Salvatore J. Stabile
			"Another Toothpick"	5	25 March 2001
2000		2	"House Arrest"	11	26 March 2000
			"Big Girls Don't Cry"	5	13 February 2000
1998	Diagnosis Murder	6	"Till Death Do Us Part"	3	1 October 1998
1998	Xena: Warrior Princess	3	"Vanishing Act"	20	27 April 1998
1997	Sister, Sister	4	"Bring on Debate"	12	8 January 1997
1996	Xena: Warrior Princess	2	"The Giant Killer"	3	14 October 1996
	Sister, Sister	4	"Kid-napped"	6	9 October 1996
	Flipper	1	"Missile Crisis"	13	22 January 1996	Co-written with Allison Adler
1995	Xena: Warrior Princess	1	"Cradle of Hope"	4	25 September 1995
	The Great Defender	1	"Def Poets Society"	4	24 July 1995
	The Cosby Mysteries	1	"Goldilocks"	17	5 April 1995	Co-written with Lee Goldberg and William Rabkin
			"Big Brother is Watching"	15	15 March 1995

Director

Year	Show	Season	Episode title	Episode	Original airdate	Notes
2007	The Sopranos	6 Part II	"Walk Like a Man"	17	6 May 2007