Gary Scott Winick (March 31, 1961February 27, 2011) was an American filmmaker whose films as a director include '' Tadpole'' (2002) and ''

13 Going on 30 ''13 Going on 30'' (released as ''Suddenly 30'' in some countries) is a 2004 American fantasy romantic comedy film written by Cathy Yuspa and Josh Goldsmith, directed by Gary Winick, and starring Jennifer Garner. It follows a 13-year-old girl in ...

'' (2004), and who also produced such films as '' Pieces of April'' (2003) and '' November'' (2004) through his New York City-based independent film production company InDigEnt.

Biography

Born in

Manhattan Manhattan (), known regionally as the City, is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five Boroughs of New York City, boroughs of New York City. The borough is also coextensive with New York County, one of the List of co ...

New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the U ...

, Gary Winick attended Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School in that borough, graduating in 1979. A 1984 graduate of

Tufts University Tufts University is a private research university on the border of Medford and Somerville, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1852 as Tufts College by Christian universalists who sought to provide a nonsectarian institution of higher learnin ...

, he went on to receive Master of Fine Arts degree from both the University of Texas at Austin and the

AFI Conservatory The AFI Conservatory is a private not-for-profit graduate film school in the Hollywood Hills district of Los Angeles. Students (called "Fellows") learn from the masters in a collaborative, hands-on production environment with an emphasis on stor ...

. Winick directed the films '' Out of the Rain'' (1991), '' Tadpole'' (2002), ''

'' (2004), and the live-action remake of '' Charlotte's Web'' (2006). His final films were '' Bride Wars'' and '' Letters to Juliet''. He produced such films as '' Pieces of April'' (2003) and '' November'' (2004) through his New York City-based independent film production company InDigEnt, founded in 1999.

Death

Winick died in Manhattan on February 27, 2011, following a years-long battle with

brain cancer A brain tumor occurs when abnormal cells form within the brain. There are two main types of tumors: malignant tumors and benign (non-cancerous) tumors. These can be further classified as primary tumors, which start within the brain, and secon ...

. He was 49 years old.

Filmography

Awards

* 2002 Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award for producing ''Personal Velocity''

References

External links

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