As Cinetic's Matt Dentler sadly noted in his tweet announcing the passing of Gary Winick last night, the timing was "too late to make the Oscar [in memorium] tribute, but way too early." In a cruel twist of fate, it wasn't unusual for the writer/director, who was set to turn 50 next month, to be ahead of his time.
Winick was of course a filmmaker first, leaving behind a dozen films that grew from small-scale indie dramas to crowdpleasers such as "Charlotte's Web" and "Letters to Juliet" that charmed audiences by the millions. Yet his most enduring legacy is likely the one he left on a smaller community, the thousands of filmmakers who have and will continue to benefit from his work as a digital pioneer at the turn of the century as the founder of InDigEnt, the collective he created with Cinetic's John Sloss and IFC Films [our corporate sibling] to make films for under $100,000 on digital video.
Winick was of course a filmmaker first, leaving behind a dozen films that grew from small-scale indie dramas to crowdpleasers such as "Charlotte's Web" and "Letters to Juliet" that charmed audiences by the millions. Yet his most enduring legacy is likely the one he left on a smaller community, the thousands of filmmakers who have and will continue to benefit from his work as a digital pioneer at the turn of the century as the founder of InDigEnt, the collective he created with Cinetic's John Sloss and IFC Films [our corporate sibling] to make films for under $100,000 on digital video.
- 2/28/2011
- by Stephen Saito
- ifc.com
Tadpole helmer Gary Winick is in negotiations to direct Golden Globe-winning Alias star Jennifer Garner in Revolution Studios' comedy 13 Going on 30. Production is being geared to start early next year while Garner is on hiatus from her ABC series, now in its sophomore season. Written by Josh Goldsmith and Cathy Yuspa, 13 is described as a female Big. It follows a 13-year-old girl who dreams of being popular. During her birthday party, she engages in the party game Seven Minutes in the Closet. The game turns out to be a humiliating experience for her, and she refuses to come out of the closet. When she eventually does emerge, she finds herself five days shy of her 30th birthday. Susan Arnold and Donna Arkoff Roth are producing the project with the writers' manager, Gina Matthews. Winick is repped by Endeavor. For his recently released Tadpole, starring Sigourney Weaver, Bebe Neuwirth and Aaron Stanford, Winick won best director honors at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival. His other credits include Sam the Man and Sweet Nothing.
- 10/9/2002
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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