Winant, Scott

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Winant, Scott

PERSONAL

Son of Ethel Winant.

Addresses:

Agent—Endeavor, 9601 Wilshire Blvd., 3rd Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90210.

Career:

Producer, director.

Awards, Honors:

Emmy Awards, outstanding drama series (with other), 1988, and outstanding directing in a drama series, 1990, Emmy Award nominations, outstanding drama series (with others), 1989, 1990 and 1991, and outstanding directing in a drama series, 1989, Directors Guild of America Award nomination, outstanding directorial achievement, 1991, all for thirtysomething; Emmy Award nomination, outstanding individual achievement in directing, 1995, for My So-Called Life; Emmy Award nomination, outstanding directing for a drama series, 2005, for Huff; Television Award nomination (with others), best international, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, 2008, for Californication.

CREDITS

Television Executive Producer; Series:

(Co-executive producer) My So-Called Life, ABC, 1994-95.

Cupid, ABC, 1998-99.

Get Real, Fox, 1999.

Huff, Showtime, 2004-2006.

Hidden Palms, The CW, 2007.

Californication, Showtime, 2007.

Television Producer; Series:

Thirtysomething, ABC, 1987-88.

Television Executive Producer; Episodic:

Carnivale (also known as La feria ambulante), 2003.

Television Producer; Pilots:

Dead Like Me, Showtime, 2003.

Television Work; Movies:

Coproducer, J. Edgar Hoover, 1987.

Television Director; Episodic:

thirtysomething, 1988-1991.

Earth 2, 1994.

My So-Called Life, ABC, 1994.

Once and Again, 1999.

The West Wing, BC, 2001.

The Shield, FX Channel, 2003.

Carnivale (also known as La feria ambulante), 2003-2005.

Huff, 2004-2006.

True Blood, HBO, 2007.

Hidden Palms, The CW, 2007.

Californication, 2007.

Television Director; Movies:

Men of a Certain Age, 2008.

Television Director; Pilots:

My So-Called Life, ABC, 1994.

Significant Others, Fox, 1998.

Cupid, ABC, 1998.

Get Real, Fox, 1999.

Dead Like Me, Showtime, 2003.

Hidden Palms, 2007.

Television Director; Series:

First Years, 2001.

Women's Murder Club, ABC, 2007.

Film Director:

'Til There Was You, Paramount, 1997.

Film Producer:

The Initiation, New World, 1984.

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