Winter, Ralph 1952-

PERSONAL

Full name, Ralph Frederick Winter; born April 24, 1952, in Glendale, CA; son of Charles Frederick and Effie Audrey (maiden name, Crawford) Winter; married Judy Beth Brown, April 19, 1974; children: Benjamin Charles, Beth Elaine. Education: University of California, Berkeley, B.A., 1974.

Addresses:

Agent—International Creative Management, 10250 Constellation Way, 9th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90067. Office—Ralph Winter Productions, 10201 West Pico Blvd., Bldg. 6, Suite 101, Los Angeles, CA 90035.

Career:

Producer and studio executive. Walt Disney Co., Burbank, CA, producer, 1978; Paramount Pictures, television producer, 1979-81, director of postproduction for television, 1981; Harve Bennett Productions, worked as executive in charge of production, c. 1982; Ralph Winter Productions, Los Angeles, CA, principal and producer. University of Iowa, Iowa City, Geneva Lecturer, 1999; Dove Foundation, member of advisory board.

Member:

Directors Guild of America, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Awards, Honors:

Saturn Award nomination, best special effects, Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Films, 1985, for Star Trek III: The Search forSpock; Saturn Award nomination (with Bruce Nicholson), best special effects, Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Films, 1986, for Explorers; Video Premiere Award nomination (with others), best live-action video premiere, 2001, for Left Behind.

CREDITS

Film Executive Producer:

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (also known as The Voyage Home: Star Trek IV), Paramount, 1986.

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, Paramount, 1989.

The Perfect Weapon, Paramount, 1991.

Captain Ron, Buena Vista, 1992.

Hocus Pocus, Buena Vista, 1993.

Inspector Gadget, Buena Vista/Walt Disney Pictures, 1999.

Left Behind: The Movie, Cloud Ten Pictures, 2000.

Planet of the Apes, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2001.

Blizzard, Premiere Group, 2003.

Lost, Warner Home Video, 2004.

In My Sleep, 2007.

Film Producer:

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, Paramount, 1991.

The Puppet Masters (also known as Robert A. Heinlein's "The Puppet Masters"), Buena Vista, 1994.

Hackers, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1995.

The Spittin' Image (short film), Make Believe Films, 1997.

Opie Gone Mad (short film), 1999.

X-Men (also known as X-Men 1.5), Twentieth Century-Fox, 2000.

Left Behind: The Movie (also known as Left Behind), Cloud Ten Pictures, 2000.

Shoot or Be Shot (also known as Shooting Stars), Iron Entertainment, 2000.

X2 (also known as X-Men 2, X-2, X-Men 3: X-Men United, and X2: X-Men United), Twentieth Century-Fox, 2003.

Hangman's Curse (also known as The Vertias Project), Twentieth Century-Fox, 2003.

Frank Peretti: From Page to Screen (documentary short), Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2004.

The Spider Wrangler: The Spiders of "Hangman's Curse" (documentary short), Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2004.

Fantastic Four, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2005.

The Visitation, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2006.

X-Men: The Last Stand (also known as X-Men 3 and X3), Twentieth Century-Fox, 2006.

Thou Shalt Laugh, 2006.

Thr3e (also known as Three), Twentieth Century-Fox, 2006.

4: Rise of the Silver Surfer (also known as Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer), 2007.

House, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2007.

The Screwtape Letters, 2008.

Film Work; Other:

(Uncredited) Post-production supervisor, Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan (also known as Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn and Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan—The Director's Cut), 1982.

Associate producer, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, Paramount, 1984.

Visual effects coordinator, Explorers, Paramount, 1985.

Co-executive producer, Flight of the Intruder, Paramount, 1991.

Supervising producer, Mighty Joe Young (also known as Mighty Joe), Buena Vista, 1998.

Co-producer, The Bridge (short), 2004.

Film Appearances:

Fourth vice president, Hackers, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1995.

Himself, X-Men Production Scrapbook (documentary), Twentieth Century-Fox, 2003.

Himself, The Uncanny Suspects (documentary short), Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2003.

Himself, X-Factor: The Look of "X-Men" (documentary short), Twentieth Century-Fox Home Entertainment, 2003.

Himself, Cosmic Thoughts (documentary short), Paramount Home Video, 2003.

Himself, The Second Uncanny Issues of X-Men! Making "X2" (also known as The Second Uncannny Issue of X-Men; documentary), Twentieth Century-Fox, 2003.

Himself, Frank Peretti: From Page to Screen (documentary short), Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2004.

(Uncredited) Ship worker, Fantastic Four, 2005.

Television Work; Series:

Producer, High Incident, ABC, 1996.

Television Work; Miniseries:

Executive in charge of production (Harve Bennett Productions), The Jesse Owens Story, 1984.

Television Work; Movies:

Postproduction supervisor, A Woman Called Golda, 1982.

Postproduction supervisor, The Jesse Owens Story, 1984.

Television Work; Pilots:

Co-executive producer, Plymouth, 1991.

Television Work; Episodic:

High Incident, ABC, 1996.

Television Appearances; Specials:

The Making of "Planet of the Apes," 2001.

X-Pose: X2 Mutants Uncovered, Fox, 2003.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

"The Making of ‘Planet of the Apes’," HBO First Look, HBO, 2001.

"Ralph Winter," Life After Film School, Fox Movie Channel, 2006.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Starlog, April, 1992; September, 1993.