Ralph Winter (producer)

Ralph Frederick Winter (born April 24, 1952) is an American film producer who has helped to produce blockbuster movies such as the ''X-Men'', ''Fantastic Four'' and ''Star Trek'' series as well as '' I, Robot'' and ''Planet of the Apes''. His films have grossed collectively over $2 billion (USD).

Winter is a member of the Directors Guild of America and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

He has helped along such film schools as the Veracity Project, Biola University, and lectured at Regent College, Vancouver.

Early life and career

Winter was born in Glendale, California, the son of Effie Audrey (Crawford) and Charles Frederick Winter. He attended the University of California, Berkeley, where he studied History. His first experience in production was producing training videos for Broadway Department Stores. In 1978, Winter started working in the film business for Paramount Pictures television, where he worked on ''Happy Days'', ''Laverne & Shirley'', and '' Mork and Mindy''. Following his experiences in television he started working alongside Harve Bennett on the ''Star Trek'' films. He was an associate producer on '' Star Trek III: The Search for Spock'', executive producer on '' Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home'' and '' Star Trek V: The Final Frontier'', and producer on '' Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country''.

Christian films produced

Winter is also active in producing Christian movies, such as ''Three'', based on Ted Dekker's book, and ''Hangman's Curse'' and '' The Visitation'', both of which were novel-to-movie creations written by Christian author Frank Peretti. His latest Christian film ''House'' was released in March 2009.

Other work

In 2010, Winter partnered with producer Terry Botwick to form the production company, 1019 Entertainment. The company has produced the films, '' Cool It'' and '' Captive''.

Personal life

Winter is a Christian and his faith influenced him to co-operate on a movie based on the ''Left Behind'' series of books, although he left that project before it was completed.

Filmography

*1984 '' Star Trek III: The Search for Spock''
*1986 '' Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home''
*1989 '' Star Trek V: The Final Frontier''
*1991 '' Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country''
*1991 ''Plymouth''
*1993 ''Hocus Pocus''
*1994 '' The Puppet Masters''
*1995 '' Hackers''
*1996 '' High Incident''
*1998 '' Mighty Joe Young''
*1999 '' Inspector Gadget''
*2000 ''X-Men''
*2000 '' Left Behind: The Movie''
*2001 ''Planet of the Apes''
*2003 ''Blizzard''
*2003 '' X2''
*2005 ''Fantastic Four''
*2006 '' X-Men: The Last Stand''
*2006 '' The Visitation''
*2007 '' Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer''
*2007 '' Three''
*2009 '' X-Men Origins: Wolverine''
*2010 '' In My Sleep''
*2010 '' Cool It''
*2015 '' Captive''
*2017 ''The Promise''
*2022 '' Reagan''
*2022 ''What Remains''

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Winter, Ralph
1952 births
Film producers from California
American Presbyterians
Living people
People from Glendale, California
UC Berkeley College of Letters and Science alumni