Ben Winston is a British producer and director who established the production company

Fulwell 73 Fulwell 73 is a British television, film and music production company based in London. It was founded in 2005 by brothers Gabe and Ben Turner, Leo Pearlman, and Ben Winston. James Corden became the fifth full time partner in January 2017. Fulwe ...

with Gabe Turner, Ben Turner, and Leo Pearlman. He is co-executive producer of ''

The Late Late Show with James Corden ''The Late Late Show with James Corden'' (also known as ''Late Late'') is an American late-night talk show on CBS. It is the fourth and current iteration of '' The Late Late Show''. Airing in the U.S. from Monday to Friday nights at 12:37:28am ...

'' alongside Rob Crabbe and Mike Gibbons and the show's segments " Carpool Karaoke" and "Drop the Mic". Winston is the youngest show producer of a late night show in America. The American talk show broadcast on CBS was launched in 2015. He has collaborated with a number of artists, most notably

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, JLS,

Robbie Williams Robert Peter Williams (born 13 February 1974) is an English singer and songwriter. He found fame as a member of the pop group Take That from 1990 to 1995, and achieved commercial success after launching a solo career in 1996. His debut stu ...

Gary Barlow Gary Barlow (born 20 January 1971) is an English singer, songwriter, record producer, and television personality. He is the lead singer of the British pop group Take That. Barlow is one of the United Kingdom's most successful songwriters, havi ...

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, and

James Corden James Kimberley Corden (born 22 August 1978) is an English television host, actor, comedian, and singer. In the United Kingdom, he is best known for co-writing and starring in the critically acclaimed BBC sitcom '' Gavin & Stacey''. In the ...

. He has produced and directed a number of pop culture oriented films, documentaries, concerts and music videos. He is also renowned for producing a number of the annual

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from 2011 to 2014. More recently he was a co-producer of US

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and

Tony Awards The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Award, recognizes excellence in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ce ...

Personal life

Winston is the son of Lord Winston and Lira Helen Feigenbaum (now The Lady Winston). He has two siblings: Joel and Tanya. He is

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. Winston studied at the

University of Leeds , mottoeng = And knowledge will be increased , established = 1831 – Leeds School of Medicine1874 – Yorkshire College of Science1884 - Yorkshire College1887 – affiliated to the federal Victoria University1904 – University of Leeds , ...

, graduating in Broadcasting in 2004. He is married to Meredith Winston. Together, they have two daughters. The eldest's godfather is

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. He supports

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Career

Winston started at Fulwell 73 by co-producing in the ''Hands of the Gods'' (Lionsgate) in 2007. Since he has produced and directed shows including '' The Michael McIntyre Chat Show'' (BBC1) "Robbie Williams: One Night at The Palladium" (BBC1), "This is Justin Bieber" (ITV1), "One Direction: A Year In The Making," and the record breaking 8-hour marathon show "1D Day." He also notably produced and directed ''Gary Barlow: On Her Majesty's Service''. This film was the most watched single documentary of that year, while the song that came from it, "

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" by Gary Barlow & The Commonwealth Band featuring Military Wives charted at number 1 for three weeks. In 2014 he was Executive Producer of ''

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'' in the UK, the most successful entertainment show on British TV winning best programme at the National Television Awards. His work with his friend

has been extensive, ''James Corden's World Cup Live'' (ITV1), ''When Corden Met Barlow'' (BBC1), ''When Robbie Met James'' (Sky One). He has also produced James Corden as the host of the

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for four years (2011–2014). For Red Nose Day on BBC1, he directed and co-wrote many memorable Smithy sketches. Ben co-directed the 3D documentary movie, ''JLS: Eyes Wide Open'' which opened on over 400 screens across the UK. At the time it was the biggest grossing music cinema release of all time in the UK, but was beaten by the next film he produced, the One Direction hit movie '' One Direction: This Is Us'' for Columbia Pictures, which broke records around the globe. As a commercial director, his advert for "A League Of Own" won the gold award at Berlin Pro Max Awards in 2011. He also directed the 2011 Christmas Campaign for BBC One, "Consider Yourself One of Us" and the award-winning campaign for the

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mile. He has directed many music videos which led to him winning an MTV VMA for his One Direction video " Best Song Ever". He is the first ever director to win two Brit Awards in consecutive years for Best Video of the Year, which he won in 2014 and 2015. In 2014, he directed ''When Corden Met Barlow'' which aired on

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. The show included a 6-minute 45 second Carpool Karaoke segment in the documentary with singer

of the band

Take That Take That are an English pop group formed in Manchester in 1990. The group currently consists of Gary Barlow, Howard Donald and Mark Owen. The original line-up also featured Jason Orange and Robbie Williams. Barlow is the group's lead sin ...

explained that "Ben Winston and I always thought there was something very joyful about someone very, very famous singing their songs in an ordinary situation. We just had this idea: Los Angeles, traffic, the carpool lane — maybe this is something we could pull off." Later on ''Carpool Karaoke'' was included as a regular featured segment on ''The Late Late Show with James Corden'' and other specials. That same year, Winston also became an executive producer on

The X Factor UK ''The X Factor'' is a British reality television music competition, created by Simon Cowell. Premiering on 4 September 2004, it was produced by Fremantle's Thames and Cowell's production company Syco Entertainment for ITV, as well as simulca ...

Awards

;Won *2016: Primetime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Interactive Program" for ''The Late Late Show with James Corden'' co-won with James Corden (producer/host), Rob Crabbe (executive producer) and Adam Abramson (director of digital) *2016: Primetime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Variety Special" category for ''The Late Late Show Carpool Karaoke Primetime Special''. Award co-won with Rob Crabbe (executive producer), Mike Gibbons (co-executive producer), Sheila Rogers, Michael Kaplan, Jeff Kopp and Josie Cliff (supervising producers) and

(producer/host). ;Nominated *2016: Primetime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Variety Talk Series" for ''The Late Late Show with James Corden'' co-nominated with Rob Crabbe (executive producer), Mike Gibbons (co-executive producer), Sheila Rogers, Michael Kaplan, Jeff Kopp and Josie Cliff (supervising producers) *2017: Primetime Emmy Awards for "Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special" for ''The 70th Annual Tony Awards'' (2016). Co-nominated with Dave Boone (writer), Mike Gibbons, Lauren Greenberg, Ian Karmel, Justin Shanes (special materials) *2017: PGA Award for "Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television" for ''The Late Late Show with James Corden''. Co-nomination alongside Rob Crabbe, Mike Gibbons, Amy Ozols, Sheila Rogers, Michael Kaplan, Jeff Kopp, James Longman, Josie Cliff and James Corden

Filmography

;Director *2011: ''JLS: Eyes Wide Open 3D'' (Documentary) *2011: ''James Corden: May I Have Your Attention, Please?'' (Video short) *2011: ''One Direction: A Year in the Making'' (TV Movie documentary) *2012: '' Gary Barlow: On Her Majesty's Service'' (TV Movie documentary) *2012: ''When Robbie Met James'' (TV special) *2014: ''When Corden Met Barlow'' (TV special) *2021: '' Friends: The Reunion'' (TV special) ;Producer *2007: ''In the Hands of the Gods'' (Documentary, producer) *2007: ''Slave Labour'' (Documentary short, executive producer) *2010: ''This Is JLS'' (TV special, producer) *2011: '' Brit Awards 2011'' (TV special, producer) *2011: ''One Direction: A Year in the Making'' (TV documentary, producer) *2012: ''A Very JLS Christmas'' (TV special, executive producer) *2012: ''Freddie Flintoff: Hidden Side of Sport'' (TV documentary film, associate producer) *2012: '' The Brit Awards 2012'' (TV special, producer) *2012: '' Gary Barlow: On Her Majesty's Service'' (TV documentary, executive producer) *2012: ''Flintoff: From Lord's to the Ring'' (TV Series, associate producer) *2012: ''When Robbie Met James'' (TV special, executive producer) *2013: '' The Brit Awards 2013'' (TV Special, producer) *2013: '' One Direction: This Is Us'' (Documentary, producer) *2013: '' The Class of '92'' (Documentary, associate producer) *2013: ''Robbie Williams One Night at the Palladium'' (TV special, executive producer) *2014: ''Gary Barlow Big Ben Bash Live'' (TV special, executive producer) *2014: '' The Brit Awards 2014'' (TV Special, producer) *2014: '' The Michael McIntyre Chat Show'' (TV Mini-Series, executive producer for several episodes) *2014: ''

'' (executive producer) *2014: ''When Corden Met Barlow'' (TV special, executive producer) *2014: ''The Guvnors'' (associate producer) *2014: ''One Direction: Where We Are – The Concert Film'' (Documentary, executive producer) *2015: ''American Express Unstaged: Disclosure'' (Short, executive producer) *2015: ''One Direction the London Sessions'' (TV special documentary, executive producer) *2015: ''Take That: These Days on Tour'' (TV special documentary, associate producer) *2015–present: ''

'' (TV Series, executive producer) *2016: ''Jimmy Carr: Funny Business'' (Video documentary, associate producer) *2016: '' The 70th Annual Tony Awards'' (TV Special, producer) *2017: '' Carpool Karaoke'' (TV Series, executive producer) *2017: ''

59th Annual Grammy Awards The 59th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony was held on February 12, 2017. The CBS network broadcast the show live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The ceremony recognized the best recordings, compositions, and artists of the eligibility year, ...

'' (TV Special, producer) *2017: ''Harry Styles: Behind the Album'' (Documentary, executive producer) *2017: ''Forbidden Games: The Justin Fashanu Story'' (Documentary, associate producer) *2018: '' Bruno Mars: 24K Magic Live at the Apollo'' (co-executive producer) *2018: ''

60th Annual Grammy Awards The 60th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony was held on January 28, 2018. The CBS network broadcast the show live from Madison Square Garden in New York City. The show was moved to January to avoid coinciding with the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongc ...

'' (TV Special, producer) *2019: ''

61st Annual Grammy Awards The 61st Annual Grammy Awards ceremony was held on February 10, 2019, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Singer-songwriter Alicia Keys hosted. During her opening monologue, Keys brought out Lady Gaga, Jada Pinkett Smith, Jennifer Lopez, and f ...

'' (TV Special, executive producer) *2019: '' The 73rd Annual Tony Awards'' (TV Special, producer) *2019: ''The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show'' (TV Special, executive producer) *2020: ''

62nd Annual Grammy Awards The 62nd Annual Grammy Awards ceremony was held on January 26, 2020, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. It recognized the best recordings, compositions, and artists of the eligibility year, running from October 1, 2018, to August 31, 2019. Al ...

'' (TV Special, executive producer) *2020: ''

Ben Platt Live from Radio City Music Hall ''Ben Platt Live from Radio City Music Hall'' is a 2020 American concert film by actor, singer and songwriter Ben Platt. The film documents the final stop of his debut Sing to Me Instead Tour, in which the one-night-only event was recorded live o ...

'' (TV Special, executive producer) *2020: '' Shawn Mendes: In Wonder'' (Documentary, producer) *2021: ''

63rd Annual Grammy Awards The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards ceremony was held in and around the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles on March 14, 2021. It recognized the best recordings, compositions, and artists of the eligibility year, running from September 1, 20 ...

'' (TV Special, executive producer) *2021: Adele One Night Only (CBS special, executive producer) *2021: An Audience With Adele (ITV special, executive producer) *2022: '' The Kardashians'' (TV series, executive producer)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Winston, Ben English film directors English film producers British Jews Living people Alumni of the University of Leeds Sons of life peers Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Jews Primetime Emmy Award winners