Biography
Irwin Winkler (born May 25, 1931) is an American film producer and director. He is the producer or director of over 58 motion pictures, dating back to 1967's Double Trouble, starring Elvis Presley. The fourth film he produced, They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969), starring Jane Fonda, was nominated for nine Academy Awards. He won an Oscar for Best Picture for 1976's Rocky. As a producer, he has been nominated for Best Picture for four films: Rocky (1976), Raging Bull (1980), The Right Stuff (19...
Known For
Complete Filmography

The Alto Knights
2025
Producer
Two of New York's most notorious organized crime bosses, Frank Costello and Vito Genovese, vie for control of the city's streets. Once the best of fri...

Creed III
2023
Producer
After dominating the boxing world, Adonis Creed has thrived in his career and family life. When a childhood friend and former boxing prodigy, Damian A...

Making 'The Irishman'
2020
as Self
Join legendary director Martin Scorsese, and acting icons Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci and Al Pacino going behind the scenes of their universally acclaim...
GoodFellas: Behind Closed Doors
2020
as Self
Documentary detailing the behind the scenes of GoodFellas.

The Collaboration Of A Lifetime: Scorsese’s Epic The Irishman
2020
as Self
Join legendary director Martin Scorsese, and acting icons Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, and Al Pacino as we go behind the scenes of their universally acc...

The Irishman
2019
Producer
Pennsylvania, 1956. Frank Sheeran, a war veteran of Irish origin who works as a truck driver, accidentally meets mobster Russell Bufalino. Once Frank ...

Creed II
2018
Producer
Between personal obligations and training for his next big fight against an opponent with ties to his family's past, Adonis Creed is up against the ch...

Martin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence
2017
as Self
A behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of Martin Scorsese's "Silence."

Music Got Me Here
2017
Executive Producer
A story about the power of music to heal and transform lives, often in miraculous ways.

Silence
2016
Producer
In the 17th century, two Portuguese Jesuit priests travel to Japan in an attempt to locate their mentor, who is rumored to have committed apostasy, an...

Creed
2015
Producer
The former World Heavyweight Champion Rocky Balboa serves as a trainer and mentor to Adonis Johnson, the son of his late friend and former rival Apoll...

From Rocky to Creed: The Legacy Continues
2015
as Self
In this one-hour documentary event narrated by Michael B Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, the filmmakers and past cast members share Rockys Cinderella stor...

Survivor
2015
Producer
A Foreign Service Officer in London tries to prevent a terrorist attack set to hit New York, but is forced to go on the run when she is framed for cri...

Scorsese's GoodFellas
2015
as Self
In this produced by Brett Ratner new retrospective documentary we hear from cast members and additional participants include Harvey Keitel, Leonardo D...

The Gambler
2014
Producer
Literature professor Jim Bennett leads a secret life as a high-stakes gambler. Always a risk-taker, Bennett bets it all when he borrows from a gangste...

Rocky IV: The American Punch
2014
as Self
Rocky IV is dually symbolic - it embodies both the victory of the American boxer over the Soviet one and the victory of neo-liberalism over a dwindlin...

The Wolf of Wall Street
2013
Executive Producer
A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infi...

The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance
2011
as Self
The 35th anniversary of the 1976 Oscar-winning film “Rocky” is marked with a TV retrospective in which Sylvester Stallone and others reminisce about t...

The Real Rocky
2011
as Self
Chuck Wepner is a liquor salesman from Bayonne, N.J., who drives a Cadillac with “Champ” vanity plates. A former New Jersey State Heavyweight Boxing ...

Trespass
2011
Producer
Kyle and Sarah Miller have it all: a huge gated house on the water, fancy cars, and the potential for romance in their relationship. He's just back fr...

The Mechanic
2011
Executive Producer
Arthur Bishop is a 'mechanic' - an elite assassin with a strict code requiring professional perfection and total detachment. One of an elite group of ...

Marty and Bobby
2011
as Self
An exploration of the creative collaboration of Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro, with a special emphasis on "Raging Bull."

Streets of Blood
2009
Executive Producer
A police officer's partner has died during Hurricane Katrina, but he later discovers that his partner may have been murdered. An investigation follows...

No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
2009
as Self
The artistry, triumph and lifelong friendship of the great cinematographers Laszlo Kovacs and Vilmos Zsigmond. With film school equipment, they shoot ...

Mardik: From Baghdad to Hollywood
2008
as Self
An intimate portrait of an oft-forgotten character in Hollywood: the screenwriter. Raised in Baghdad, screenwriter Mardik Martin was infused with an e...

Rocky Balboa
2006
Executive Producer
His wife is dead and his son hates him, but this old man still has fight in him! When he loses a highly publicized virtual boxing match to ex-champ R...

Home of the Brave
2006
Director, Producer, Story
The day after they get the word they'll go home in two weeks, a group of soldiers from Spokane are ambushed in an Iraqi city. Back stateside we follow...

Prohibition Opens the Floodgates
2006
as Self
Short documentary about prohibition and gangsters and how it affected the movies of the day.

Morality and the Code: A How-to Manual for Hollywood
2006
as Self
A look at the motion picture production code and its effects on Hollywood.

The Net 2.0
2006
Producer
The life of a young computer systems analyst is thrown into turmoil after arriving in Istanbul to start a new job. She soon finds her passport missing...

Raging Bull: After the Fight
2005
as Self
The fourth and final installment about the production of "Raging Bull."

Raging Bull: Before the Fight
2005
as Self
The first part of a four-part documentary about the production of "Raging Bull."

The 'New York, New York' Stories
2005
as Self
Made in 2005, this documentary traces the history of NY, NY, beginning with the formation of the producing partnership between Irwin Winkler and Rober...

Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas'
2004
as Self
A documentary that presents a brief yet detailed account on the making of Martin Scorsese's "GoodFellas" (1990), the successful film that redefined th...

De-Lovely
2004
Director, Producer
From Paris to Venice to Broadway to Hollywood, the lives of Cole Porter and his wife, Linda Lee Thomas were never less than glamorous and wildly uncon...

Enough
2002
Producer
Working-class waitress Slim thought she was entering a life of domestic bliss when she married Mitch, the man of her dreams. After the arrival of thei...

The Shipping News
2001
Producer
An emotionally-beaten man with his young daughter moves to his ancestral home in Newfoundland to reclaim his life.

Life as a House
2001
Director, Producer
When a man is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he takes custody of his misanthropic teenage son, for whom quality time means getting high, engaging in ...

Welcome to Hollywood
2000
as Irwin Winkler
A film director decides to chart the course of a young actor as he tries to make it in Hollywood...

At First Sight
1999
Director, Producer
A blind man has an operation to regain his sight at the urging of his girlfriend and must deal with the changes to his life.

Perfect Moment
1997
as Self
In this documentary, artist-filmmaker Nicholas Hondrogen asks people to describe memorable moments of their lives. Some, such as Norman Lear and India...
Sports on the Silver Screen
1997
as Self (archive footage)
HBO (in association with the American Film Institute) presents this 1997 anthology, narrated by Liev Schreiber, which looks at sports in cinema from t...

The Juror
1996
Producer
With his gangster boss on trial for murder, a mob thug known as "the Teacher" tells Annie Laird she must talk her fellow jurors into a not-guilty verd...

The Net
1995
Director, Producer
Angela Bennett is a freelance computer systems analyst who tracks down software viruses. At night she hooks up to the internet and chats to others 'su...

Night and the City
1992
Producer, Director
Looking to get rich quick, an unsuccessful lawyer uses dishonest means to try to become a boxing promoter.

Guilty by Suspicion
1991
Director, Writer
Owing to his alleged involvement with communist parties, film director David Merrill is forbidden from working in Hollywood. He decides to fight for h...

Rocky V
1990
Producer
A lifetime of taking shots has ended Rocky’s career, and a crooked accountant has left him broke. Inspired by the memory of his trainer, however, Rock...

GoodFellas
1990
Producer
The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks ...

Martin Scorsese Directs
1990
as Self
Providing behind the scenes footage of the director on set with clips from his own films, Martin Scorsese Directs depicts to riveting effect the way S...

Music Box
1989
Producer
A lawyer defends her father accused of war crimes, but there is more to the case than she suspects.

Betrayed
1988
Producer
An FBI agent posing as a combine driver becomes romantically involved with a Midwest farmer who lives a double life as a white supremacist.

'Round Midnight
1986
Producer
Inside the Blue Note nightclub one night in 1959 Paris, an aged, ailing jazzman coaxes an eloquent wail from his tenor sax. Outside, a young Parisian ...

Revolution
1985
Producer
New York trapper Tom Dobb becomes an unwilling participant in the American Revolution after his son Ned is drafted into the Army by the villainous Ser...

Rocky IV
1985
Producer
After Apollo Creed is killed by Ivan Drago in a match, Rocky Balboa becomes depressed and becomes determined to get revenge.

Scandal Sheet
1985
Producer
The publisher of a celebrity gossip tabloid sets out to destroy an aging actor, whose career is foundering and who is also facing a battle with alcoho...

The Right Stuff
1983
Producer
As the Space Race ensues, seven pilots set off on a path to become the first American astronauts to enter space. However, the road to making history b...

Author! Author!
1982
Producer
A broadway playwright is burning the candle at both ends. He is dealing with pressure from a production nearing premiere, a wife who is leaving him, a...

Rocky III
1982
Producer
After an intense fight with Clubber Lang and the death of his trainer Mickey, Rocky Balboa is left devastated. Former rival Apollo Creed steps in to h...

True Confessions
1981
Producer
A cop clashes with his priest brother while investigating the brutal murder of a young prostitute.

Raging Bull
1980
Producer
The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.

Rocky II
1979
Producer
After Rocky goes the distance with champ Apollo Creed, both try to put the fight behind them and move on. Rocky settles down with Adrian but can't put...

Comes a Horseman
1978
Executive Producer
Ella Connors is a single woman who gets pressured to sell her failing cattle farm to her corrupt ex-suitor, Jacob Ewing. She asks for help from her ne...

Uncle Joe Shannon
1978
Producer
A trumpet player, self-destructive after the death of his wife and child in a fire, befriends a crippled youngster and together they battle obstacles ...

Valentino
1977
Producer
The untimely death of silent screen star Rudolph Valentino prompts the many women in his past to reminisce about his troubled rise to superstardom.

New York, New York
1977
Producer
An egotistical saxophone player and a young singer meet on V-J Day and embark upon a strained and rocky romance, even as their careers begin a long up...

Nickelodeon
1976
Producer
In the silent film era, attorney Leo Harrigan and gunslinger Buck Greenway are hired to stop an illegal film production. However, they soon team up wi...

Rocky
1976
Producer
An uneducated collector for a Philadelphia loan shark is given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to fight against the world heavyweight boxing champion...

Peeper
1975
Producer
A detective is hired to locate a girl adopted 30 years earlier whose birth father wants to bequeath her his fortune.

Breakout
1975
Producer
A bush pilot is hired for $50,000 to go to Mexico to free an innocent prisoner.

The Gambler
1974
Producer
New York City English professor Axel Freed outwardly seems like an upstanding citizen. But privately Freed is in the clutches of a severe gambling add...

S*P*Y*S
1974
Producer
Two CIA bunglers botch a Soviet defection, then both sides mark them for termination.

Busting
1974
Producer
Defying orders to lay-off the case, two Los Angeles vice-squad cops go after a local mobster and use unorthodox methods to achieve results.

Up the Sandbox
1972
Producer
Bored with day-to-day life in New York City and neglected by her husband, a young wife and mother slips into increasingly outrageous fantasies: her mo...

The Mechanic
1972
Producer
Arthur Bishop is a veteran hit man who, owing to his penchant for making his targets' deaths seem like accidents, thinks himself an artist. It's made ...

Thumb Tripping
1972
Producer
Gary and Shay are two happy-go-lucky flower children who hitchhike in the beautiful Big Sur-Monterey area of California.

The New Centurions
1972
Producer
An idealistic rookie cop joins the LAPD to make ends meet while finishing law school, and is indoctrinated by a seasoned veteran. As time goes on, he ...

The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
1971
Producer
A Brooklyn mobster and his gang try to rub out their rivals.

Believe in Me
1971
Producer
Remy is a medical student who has a flair for making his patients comfortable. His genuine concern for the patients in his charge marks him as a hot p...

Leo the Last
1970
Producer
Prince Leo, last in the line of rulers of a long-deposed monarchy on continental Europe and jaded with the frenetic search for kicks with the European...

The Strawberry Statement
1970
Producer
A college student joins a group of revolutionaries to meet girls but ends up committed to their goals.

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
1969
Producer
In the midst of the Great Depression, manipulative emcee Rocky enlists contestants for a dance marathon offering a $1,500 cash prize. Among them are a...

The Split
1968
Producer
A group of thieves attempt a daring robbery of a football stadium.

Blue
1968
Producer
A young man is torn between the woman he loves and his loyalty to his father, the leader of a Mexican gang.

Point Blank
1967
Producer
After being double-crossed and left for dead, a mysterious man named Walker single-mindedly tries to retrieve the rather inconsequential sum of money ...

Double Trouble
1967
Producer
When singer Guy Lambert goes on tour in Europe, he is pursued by two beautiful women, bumbling jewel thieves, and a mysterious killer.
Creed IV
N/A
Producer
The fourth installment of the “Creed” saga.
Porgy and Bess
N/A
Producer
In the early 1900s, the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina serves as home to a black fishing community. Crippled beggar Porgy...
Untitled Tiger Woods Biopic
N/A
Producer
An adaptation of the Kevin Cook book The Tiger Slam: The Inside Story of the Greatest Golf Ever Played.
Ally Clark
N/A
Producer, Writer
The marble halls of Washington, D.C. to the sweltering bayous of Louisiana and the icy peaks of Alaska, following investigator Ally Clark as she embar...