Auteur

Irwin Winkler

Born 1931 · American motion picture producer, motion picture director, screenwriter

Irwin Winkler 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 (1983), and Goodfellas (1990).

Irwin Winkler, in order

  1. 1967 Double Trouble: produced · directed by Norman Taurog
  2. 1968 Blue: produced · directed by Silvio Narizzano
  3. 1968 The Split: produced · directed by Gordon Flemyng · audiences 31% · streaming on Kanopy, Tubi
  4. 1969 They Shoot Horses, Don't They?: produced · directed by Sydney Pollack
  5. 1970 Leo the Last: produced · directed by John Boorman · audiences 50% · streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Philo
  6. 1970 The Strawberry Statement: produced · directed by Stuart Hagmann
  7. 1971 Believe in Me: produced · directed by Stuart Hagmann
  8. 1971 The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight: produced · directed by James Goldstone
  9. 1972 The Mechanic: produced · directed by Michael Winner
  10. 1972 The New Centurions: produced · directed by Richard Fleischer
  11. 1974 Busting: produced · directed by Peter Hyams
  12. 1974 S*P*Y*S: produced · directed by Irvin Kershner
  13. 1974 The Gambler: produced · directed by Karel Reisz
  14. 1975 Breakout: produced · directed by Tom Gries
  15. 1976 Nickelodeon: produced · directed by Peter Bogdanovich · critics 14%, audiences 47%
  16. 1976 Rocky: produced · directed by John G. Avildsen · critics 95%, audiences 69% · streaming on Prime Video, Paramount+, Philo
  17. 1977 New York, New York: produced · directed by Martin Scorsese · critics 58%, audiences 58%
  18. 1977 Valentino: produced · directed by Ken Russell
  19. 1978 Uncle Joe Shannon: produced · directed by Joseph C. Hanwright
  20. 1979 Rocky II: produced · directed by Sylvester Stallone
  21. 1980 Raging Bull: produced · directed by Martin Scorsese · critics 92%, audiences 93% · streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Philo
  22. 1981 True Confessions: produced · directed by Ulu Grosbard
  23. 1982 Author! Author!: produced · directed by Arthur Hiller
  24. 1982 Rocky III: produced · directed by Sylvester Stallone
  25. 1983 The Right Stuff: produced · directed by Philip Kaufman · critics 96%, audiences 90%
  26. 1985 Revolution: produced · directed by Hugh Hudson
  27. 1985 Rocky IV: produced · directed by Sylvester Stallone
  28. 1986 Round Midnight: produced · directed by Bertrand Tavernier · critics 100%, audiences 88% · streaming on Hoopla
  29. 1988 Action Jackson: produced · directed by Craig R. Baxley
  30. 1988 Betrayed: produced · directed by Costa-Gavras
  31. 1989 Music Box: produced · directed by Costa-Gavras
  32. 1990 Goodfellas: produced · directed by Martin Scorsese · critics 93%, audiences 97%
  33. 1990 Rocky V: produced · directed by John G. Avildsen
  34. 1991 Guilty by Suspicion: directed, wrote · critics 68%, audiences 55% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, YouTube (free)
  35. 1992 Night and the City: directed, produced
  36. 1995 The Net: directed, produced · critics 45%, audiences 44%
  37. 1996 The Juror: produced · directed by Brian Gibson · critics 23%, audiences 31% · streaming on Tubi
  38. 1999 At First Sight: directed, produced · critics 35%, audiences 46% · streaming on Roku Channel, Hoopla, YouTube (free)
  39. 2000 Welcome to Hollywood: acted · directed by Adam Rifkin
  40. 2001 Life as a House: directed · critics 46%, audiences 88%
  41. 2001 The Shipping News: produced · directed by Lasse Hallström
  42. 2002 Enough: produced · directed by Michael Apted · critics 23%, audiences 67% · streaming on Philo, Starz
  43. 2004 De-Lovely: directed
  44. 2006 Home of the Brave: directed
  45. 2008 No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos: acted · directed by James Chressanthis · audiences 70%
  46. 2011 Rocky - Going the distance: acted
  47. 2011 The Mechanic: produced · directed by Simon West · critics 54%, audiences 51% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+
  48. 2011 Trespass: produced · directed by Joel Schumacher · critics 9%, audiences 21% · streaming on Prime Video, fuboTV, Roku Channel
  49. 2015 Survivor: produced · directed by James McTeigue
  50. 2018 Creed II: produced · directed by Steven Caple Jr. · critics 83%, audiences 81% · streaming on Prime Video, Paramount+
  51. 2019 The Irishman: produced · directed by Martin Scorsese · critics 95%, audiences 86% · streaming on Netflix
  52. 2023 Creed III: produced · directed by Michael B. Jordan
  53. 2025 The Alto Knights: produced · directed by Barry Levinson · critics 39%, audiences 71% · streaming on HBO Max
  54. Ally Clark: wrote · directed by Phillip Noyce