Irwin Winkler

Irwin Winkler

1931-05-28 New York City, New York, United States 89 Credits

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...

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The Alto Knights

The Alto Knights

2025

Producer

6.3
Producing

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

Creed III

2023

Producer

7.1
Producing

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'

Making 'The Irishman'

2020

as Self

7.0
Acting

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

Acting

Documentary detailing the behind the scenes of GoodFellas.

The Collaboration Of A Lifetime: Scorsese’s Epic The Irishman

The Collaboration Of A Lifetime: Scorsese’s Epic The Irishman

2020

as Self

7.0
Acting

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

The Irishman

2019

Producer

7.6
Producing

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

Creed II

2018

Producer

7.0
Producing

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

Martin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence

2017

as Self

6.0
Acting

A behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of Martin Scorsese's "Silence."

Music Got Me Here

Music Got Me Here

2017

Executive Producer

Producing

A story about the power of music to heal and transform lives, often in miraculous ways.

Silence

Silence

2016

Producer

7.1
Producing

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

Creed

2015

Producer

7.4
Producing

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

From Rocky to Creed: The Legacy Continues

2015

as Self

7.0
Acting

In this one-hour documentary event narrated by Michael B Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, the filmmakers and past cast members share Rockys Cinderella stor...

Survivor

Survivor

2015

Producer

5.7
Producing

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

Scorsese's GoodFellas

2015

as Self

8.3
Acting

In this produced by Brett Ratner new retrospective documentary we hear from cast members and additional participants include Harvey Keitel, Leonardo D...

The Gambler

The Gambler

2014

Producer

6.0
Producing

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

Rocky IV: The American Punch

2014

as Self

6.4
Acting

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

The Wolf of Wall Street

2013

Executive Producer

8.0
Producing

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

The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance

2011

as Self

6.2
Acting

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

The Real Rocky

2011

as Self

5.9
Acting

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

Trespass

2011

Producer

5.5
Producing

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

The Mechanic

2011

Executive Producer

6.5
Producing

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

Marty and Bobby

2011

as Self

Acting

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

Streets of Blood

Streets of Blood

2009

Executive Producer

4.4
Producing

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

No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos

2009

as Self

5.9
Acting

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

Mardik: From Baghdad to Hollywood

2008

as Self

Acting

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

Rocky Balboa

2006

Executive Producer

6.9
Producing

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

Home of the Brave

2006

Director, Producer, Story

5.4
Directing Producing Writing

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

Prohibition Opens the Floodgates

2006

as Self

Acting

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

Morality and the Code: A How-to Manual for Hollywood

2006

as Self

4.0
Acting

A look at the motion picture production code and its effects on Hollywood.

The Net 2.0

The Net 2.0

2006

Producer

5.1
Producing

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

Raging Bull: After the Fight

2005

as Self

8.0
Acting

The fourth and final installment about the production of "Raging Bull."

Raging Bull: Before the Fight

Raging Bull: Before the Fight

2005

as Self

10.0
Acting

The first part of a four-part documentary about the production of "Raging Bull."

The 'New York, New York' Stories

The 'New York, New York' Stories

2005

as Self

Acting

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'

Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas'

2004

as Self

5.0
Acting

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

De-Lovely

2004

Director, Producer

6.2
Directing Producing

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

Enough

2002

Producer

6.7
Producing

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

The Shipping News

2001

Producer

6.4
Producing

An emotionally-beaten man with his young daughter moves to his ancestral home in Newfoundland to reclaim his life.

Life as a House

Life as a House

2001

Director, Producer

7.1
Directing Producing

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

Welcome to Hollywood

2000

as Irwin Winkler

3.6
Acting

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

At First Sight

At First Sight

1999

Director, Producer

6.0
Directing Producing

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

Perfect Moment

1997

as Self

Acting

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)

10.0
Acting

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

The Juror

1996

Producer

5.6
Producing

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

The Net

1995

Director, Producer

6.0
Directing Producing

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

Night and the City

1992

Producer, Director

5.7
Producing Directing

Looking to get rich quick, an unsuccessful lawyer uses dishonest means to try to become a boxing promoter.

Guilty by Suspicion

Guilty by Suspicion

1991

Director, Writer

6.5
Directing Writing

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

Rocky V

1990

Producer

5.8
Producing

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

GoodFellas

1990

Producer

8.5
Producing

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

Martin Scorsese Directs

1990

as Self

9.0
Acting

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

Music Box

1989

Producer

7.1
Producing

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

Betrayed

Betrayed

1988

Producer

6.0
Producing

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

'Round Midnight

1986

Producer

7.1
Producing

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

Revolution

1985

Producer

5.3
Producing

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

Rocky IV

1985

Producer

7.1
Producing

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

Scandal Sheet

Scandal Sheet

1985

Producer

5.0
Producing

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

The Right Stuff

1983

Producer

7.4
Producing

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!

Author! Author!

1982

Producer

5.9
Producing

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

Rocky III

1982

Producer

6.9
Producing

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

True Confessions

1981

Producer

6.1
Producing

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

Raging Bull

Raging Bull

1980

Producer

7.9
Producing

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

Rocky II

1979

Producer

7.3
Producing

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

Comes a Horseman

1978

Executive Producer

6.0
Producing

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

Uncle Joe Shannon

1978

Producer

7.0
Producing

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

Valentino

1977

Producer

5.9
Producing

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

New York, New York

1977

Producer

6.6
Producing

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

Nickelodeon

1976

Producer

6.1
Producing

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

Rocky

1976

Producer

7.8
Producing

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

Peeper

1975

Producer

4.9
Producing

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

Breakout

Breakout

1975

Producer

6.3
Producing

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

The Gambler

The Gambler

1974

Producer

6.7
Producing

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

S*P*Y*S

1974

Producer

5.2
Producing

Two CIA bunglers botch a Soviet defection, then both sides mark them for termination.

Busting

Busting

1974

Producer

6.3
Producing

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

Up the Sandbox

1972

Producer

5.8
Producing

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

The Mechanic

1972

Producer

6.7
Producing

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

Thumb Tripping

1972

Producer

2.0
Producing

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

The New Centurions

The New Centurions

1972

Producer

6.7
Producing

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

The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight

1971

Producer

5.0
Producing

A Brooklyn mobster and his gang try to rub out their rivals.

Believe in Me

Believe in Me

1971

Producer

5.2
Producing

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

Leo the Last

1970

Producer

5.4
Producing

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

The Strawberry Statement

1970

Producer

6.1
Producing

A college student joins a group of revolutionaries to meet girls but ends up committed to their goals.

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

1969

Producer

7.6
Producing

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

The Split

1968

Producer

6.7
Producing

A group of thieves attempt a daring robbery of a football stadium.

Blue

Blue

1968

Producer

5.3
Producing

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

Point Blank

Point Blank

1967

Producer

7.0
Producing

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

Double Trouble

1967

Producer

5.0
Producing

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

Producing

The fourth installment of the “Creed” saga.

Porgy and Bess

N/A

Producer

Producing

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

Producing

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

Producing Writing

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...