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| Born | April 24, 1952 Glendale, California |
| Occupation | Producer |
| Years active | 1978 - present |
| Spouse(s) | Judy Beth Brown |
Ralph Winter is a Hollywood film producer who has produced blockbuster movies such as the X-Men, Fantastic Four and Star Trek series. He currently has an overall first look deal with 20th Century Fox.
Winter is also a partner in ThomasWinterCooke, which produces television commercials and represents a number of commercial directors.
Winter is a member of the Directors Guild of America and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
He has helped along such film schools as the Veracity Project, Biola University.
Recently, it was announced he is producing a film version of C. S. Lewis' The Screwtape Letters.[1]
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Early life and career
Ralph Winter is a native of Glendale, California. He attended the University of California, Berkeley, where he studied History. His first experience in production was producing training videos for Broadway Department Stores. In 1978, Winter started working in the film business for Paramount Pictures television, where he worked on Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, and Mork and Mindy. Following his experiences in television he started working alongside Harve Bennett on the Star Trek films. He was an associate producer on Star Trek III, executive producer on Star Trek IV, and producer on both Star Trek V and VI.
Christian films produced
Winter also is active in producing Christian movies, such as the recently release Thr3e, based on Ted Dekker's book. Besides Thr3e, Winter has also produced the film Hangman's Curse and The Visitation, both of which were novel-to-movie creations written by Christian author Frank Peretti. His latest Christian film House was released in March 2009.
Winter is a Presbyterian and his faith influenced him to make a movie based on the Left Behind series of books.
Filmography
- 2010 In My Sleep
- 2009 X-Men Origins: Wolverine
- 2007 Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
- 2007 Thr3e
- 2006 X-Men: The Last Stand
- 2006 The Visitation
- 2005 Fantastic Four
- 2003 Blizzard
- 2003 X2: X-Men United
- 2001 Planet of the Apes
- 2000 X-Men
- 2000 Left Behind: The Movie
- 1999 Inspector Gadget
- 1998 Mighty Joe Young
- 1996 High Incident
- 1995 Hackers
- 1994 The Puppet Masters
- 1993 Hocus Pocus
- 1991 Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
- 1991 Plymouth
- 1989 Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
- 1986 Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
- 1984 Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
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