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Michael Winner

Highest Rated: 73% Lawman (1971)

Lowest Rated: 14% Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1975)

Birthday: Oct 30, 1935

Birthplace: London, England, UK

While still in his teens, director Michael Winner had begun working as a film critic, publishing pieces in various London papers like The Evening Standard and The Spectator. After studies at Cambridge, where he edited Varsity, he entered the film industry in earnest. Working his way up through the ranks, Winner directed his first television projects in the 1950s. By the middle of the decade, he had begun to edit, write, produce and direct a series of short films, most notably "Haunted England" (1959). Winner founded his own production company, Scimitar Films, and went on to direct his first feature the teen musical "Play It Cool" in 1962. Other films of that ilk followed until he switched gears with the crime drama "West 11" (1963). He hit his peak in the mid-1960s with a series of taut, cynical films starring Oliver Reed, including "The System/The Girl-Getters" (1964) and "The Jokers" (1966). Winner then moved to Hollywood and directed several ambitious, but mostly unexceptional films. He was perhaps best known for his six films with Charles Bronson, most particularly "Death Wish" (1974) and its first two sequels.

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Highest-Rated Movies

73% 63% Lawman
Watchlist 66% 69% Death Wish Watchlist
60% 41% The Stone Killer
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59% 40% Scorpio
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57% 28% The Big Sleep
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50% 40% The Nightcomers
Watchlist 45% 44% The Sentinel Watchlist
45% 65% The Mechanic
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35% 45% Death Wish II
Watchlist 15% 53% Death Wish 3 Watchlist
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Michael Winner

Michael Winner THE GAMES, director Michael Winner, Michael Crawford, on location in Rome, 1970, (c) 20th Century Fox, TM & Copyright THE STONE KILLER, director Michael Winner, Charles Bronson, producer Dino De Laurentiis, 1973 HANNIBAL BROOKS, director Michael Winner on set, 1969 I'LL NEVER FORGET WHATS'IS'NAME, director Michael Winner on set, 1967 I'LL NEVER FORGET WHAT'S'ISNAME, director Michael Winner, on set, 1967 infwhn1967-fsct09(infwhn1967-fsct09) I'LL NEVER FORGET WHAT'S'ISNAME, from left: director Michael Winner, Carol White, Oliver Reed, on set, 1967 infwhn1967-fsct14(infwhn1967-fsct14) View more photos

Filmography

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Parting Shots 23% 1999 Director, Producer Decadence 1994 The Entourage 2 Actor Dirty Weekend 25% 1993 Director, Producer, Writer Tom and Jerry: The Movie 14% 41% 1992 Director, Producer Bullseye! 20% 1989 Director, Producer, Film Editing A Chorus of Disapproval 30% 1989 Director, Screenwriter, Producer, Film Editing, Casting Appointment With Death 40% 1988 Director, Screenwriter, Producer Death Wish 3 15% 53% 1985 Director, Film Editing Scream for Help 43% 1984 Director The Wicked Lady 38% 1983 Director, Screenwriter Death Wish II 35% 45% 1982 Director, Film Editing Firepower 23% 1979 Director, Producer, Film Editing The Big Sleep 57% 28% 1978 Director, Writer, Producer The Sentinel 45% 44% 1977 Director, Writer, Producer Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood 14% 50% 1975 Director, Producer Death Wish 66% 69% 1974 Director, Producer The Stone Killer 60% 41% 1973 Director, Producer Scorpio 59% 40% 1973 Director, Film Editing The Nightcomers 50% 40% 1972 Director, Producer Chato's Land 57% 1972 Director, Producer The Mechanic 45% 65% 1972 Director, Film Editing Lawman 73% 63% 1971 Director, Producer The Games 1970 Director Hannibal Brooks 83% 1969 Director, Producer I'll Never Forget What's 'is Name 52% 1967 Director, Producer
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