William Winckler

William Winckler

writer, actor, director

William Winckler was born on Oct 03, 1964 in USA. William Winckler's big-screen debut came with The Great NBC Smilin' Saturday Mornin' Parade directed by Bob Wynn in 1976, strarring Drummer boy. William Winckler is known for Ultra Fight Victory directed by William Winckler, Bryan Forrest stars as Shou and Nicholas Adam Clark as Hikaru. The upcoming new movie William Winckler plays is Ultraman X: Here He Comes! Our Ultraman which will be released on Jan 08, 2017.

Independent writer/producer/director William Winckler comes from a show-business background. His late father, Robert Winkler--aka "Bobby" Winkler--was a famous child actor during the Golden Age of Hollywood. As an adult he became a successful entertainment attorney. He followed in his father's footsteps, but in a slightly different path.William studied acting and directing at UCLA with the late Don Richardson, director/teacher to Anne Bancroft, Grace Kelly, Zero Mostel, John Cassavetes, Elizabeth Montgomery and countless other stars. He learned a great deal from Don, and applied it to his acting and directing career.From the mid to the late 1980s, William worked as an actor in various TV series, films and theater. He then wrote and produced two syndicated series of his own, the animated sci-fi show Tekkaman the Space Knight (1984) and the all-dwarf comedy/variety series Short Ribbs (1989), starring the late Billy Barty. When the internet boom hit, William was head of development for a science-fiction entertainment company, developing star-driven feature films and shorts for internet webcast and DVD.The late Jonathan Harris, best known for his starring role as "Dr. Smith," in the classic TV series Perdus dans l'espace (1965), was William's close mentor throughout the 1990s and taught him a great deal about the business.Winckler formed William Winckler Productions Inc., in 2001 to write, produce and direct low-budget feature films in the sci-fi, fantasy, horror and adventure genres. His sexy action comedy, The Double-D Avenger (2001) has been a great creative and financial success for him, being a top cult movie best seller in America, and internationally in France and French-speaking Europe, in Japan, and many other countries.William Winckler continues to produce feature films. He absolutely loves classic sci-fi, horror and fantasy films from the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, and he has a huge collection of related memorabilia, toy robots, action figures, etc., in his personal collection.

  • Birthday

    Oct 03, 1964
  • Place of Birth

    California, USA

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