Episode 41: alex winter wednesday, august 9th, 2023
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Alex Winter entered show business as a child actor with co-starring roles on Broadway in The King & I and Peter Pan and came to prominence in movies such as Warner Bros' hit The Lost Boys and the wildly popular Bill & Ted franchise. As a filmmaker, Winter's narrative features include the cult classic FREAKED, for 20th Century Fox and the critically acclaimed FEVER, for Lionsgate, which screened in the Directors' Fortnight at Cannes.
THE YOUTUBE EFFECT, Alex Winter's latest feature documentary, “will specifically tackle such subjects as surveillance, algorithmic capitalism, online radicalization, and the spread of fake news.”. Produced by Winter & Trouper Productions in partnership with Gale Anne Hurd & Valhalla Entertainment & Glen Zipper. WATCH | The YouTube Effect (yteffect.com)
Winter is the founder of Trouper Productions, which services his documentary work. In 2020, Winter released two new documentary feature films, SHOWBIZ KIDS, premiered on HBO to widespread critical acclaim, garnering a Critics Choice nomination for Best Score. Followed by ZAPPA, the first all-access documentary on the life and times of Frank Zappa. The Kickstarter campaign for this project was the highest funded documentary in crowdfunding history. Magnolia Pictures released ZAPPA to widespread critical acclaim. A Critics Pick in the New York Times, ZAPPA was nominated for Best Music Documentary by the Critics Choice Awards.
The highly anticipated third installment in the Bill & Ted franchise, BILL & TED FACE THE MUSIC, opened in August 2020 as the number one movie in the U.S. and the U.K.
Previous documentary work includes THE PANAMA PAPERS, about the most significant global corruption scandal in history, and the journalists who worked in secret and were at considerable risk to break the story. A multiple award-winner, THE PANAMA PAPERS, executive produced by Laura Poitras, opened to a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Also in release worldwide is TRUST MACHINE, about the rise of bitcoin and the blockchain, from Breaker Studios.
DEEP WEB is about the online black market Silk Road and the trial of its creator Ross Ulbricht. The film premiered on the Epix network, opening as the #1 documentary on iTunes and earning a Cinema Eye nomination among several award wins. DOWNLOADED is a VH1 RockDoc about Napster and the digital revolution. The film premiered at SXSW, garnering worldwide critical acclaim at theatrical and festival screenings.
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