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 starring in movies such as Warner Bros' hit 'The Lost Boys' and the wildly popular 'Bill & Ted' franchise. Winter has directed three narrative features: cult classic 'Freaked' for 20th Century Fox; 'Fever', for Lionsgate, which screened at Cannes; and 'Smosh: The Movie', which opened in 2015 as the #1 comedy on iTunes. Winter has directed hundreds of award-winning television commercials and music videos. Winter's VH1 Rock Doc 'Downloaded' earned worldwide critical acclaim at theatrical and festival screenings. Winter's latest, multiple award-winning documentary 'Deep Web', had its world premiere at SXSW and a broadcast premiere in the U.S. on the Epix network, alongside a global festival tour. The film opened wide as the #1 documentary on iTunes. Recently completed are two short documentary films for Laura Poitras's Field of Vision; 'Relatively Free' and 'Trump's Lobby'. Winter is now making '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. -Trouper Productions
When trying out for the parts of Bill and Ted, each actor was paired up with another. Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter were paired up, Reeves trying out for the part of Bill while Winter trying out for the part of Ted. They were cast opposite what they tried out for.
Father, with Sonya Dawson , of son Leroy, born in 1998.
Attended film school at New York University with Tom Stern. They became good friends and have collaborated on several film projects.
Graduated from Montclair Highschool in 1983. There he attended the school of performing arts.
He studied Film at college in New York City and starred in a number of plays whilst still a student.
Moved from London to St. Louis when he was 5. There his father, Ross, ran the Mid-American Dance Company, the Midwests largest modern dance troupe, and his mother, Gregg Mayer, taught dance at Washington University. He has a brother named Stephen.
Made his musical stage debut at age 10 in the St. Louis Opera production of "Oliver!" starring Vincent Price as Fagin. Alex played one of the urchins.
Appeared in a couple of Broadway musical productions as a teenager. He was a replacement son Louis in Yul Brynner s revival of "The King and I" in 1978 and the following year played young John Darling in "Peter Pan" starring Sandy Duncan.
His favorite character, that he played, was "Granny S. Preston" in Bill & Teds Bogus Journey .
Born on the 10 year anniversary of the opening of Disneyland.
Has starred in two movies that show the use of a payphone. Bill & Teds Excellent Adventure and Death Wish 3 .
Hitchcock had to fight to the death to make his movies.
I get very driven by certain themes and ideas.
My favorite favorites are people like Bunuel, Fellini and Charlie,Chaplin.
Coppola has problems getting financing, so why should I not have,problems getting financing.
I direct a lot of TV commercials and music videos.
I really love sort of classical cinema where people were telling stories,with very little dialogue, and people were using the camera in a really,interesting way.
I actually did use to sell shoes.
I think movies are good for getting into dream states or exploring weird,alternate states of thinking.
I take a lot from everywhere. I take from music, architecture, novels,and plays. Anywhere that hits you.
I think filmmakers want their movies to be seen.
Same thing, like my commercials are often times really funny because I,tend to find 30 seconds is a really good amount of time to tell a joke.
The thing about movies these days is that the commerce end of it is so,inflated and financiers are just expecting this enormous return on,their investment.
The film, even when we were making it in that budget range, which was,really a coup - we got it made because we pitched it to the studio,head, Joe Roth.
I take a lot from everywhere. I take from music, architecture, novels, and plays. Anywhere that hits you.
