Jason Winer is an American director, producer, writer, actor, and comedian. He is best known for directing the pilot and 22 additional episodes of the American sitcom ''

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'', and for the 2011 film ''

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''.

Early life

Winer was born and raised in

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. He is Jewish. He attended the Friends School of Baltimore and

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and is an alumnus of the Improv Olympic Theatre.

Career

After college, Winer acted in television commercials for companies such as

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, Nike and

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. He also did stand-up comedy on channels such as

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and was one of the stars on the TV game show '' The Blame Game'' on

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. He eventually moved into work behind the camera, directing ''The Adventures of Big Handsome Guy and His Little Friend'' in 2005. Since then, Winer has directed episodes of TV shows such as ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Carpoolers'', ''

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'' and '' Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23''. He is a co-executive producer of ''

'' as well as a director. In 2010, Winer won the

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Award for Outstanding Achievement in Directing Comedy Series for ''Modern Family''. He was nominated for

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for directing the ''Modern Family'' episodes "

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" and " Virgin Territory". Winer directed the 2011 remake of ''

'', his first job as a motion picture director. He also co-created the sitcom '' 1600 Penn'' with Josh Gad and Jon Lovett.

Personal life

In 2012, he married Jackie Seiden in

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, in a service led by actor Adam Shapiro.

References

External links

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