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My Take
Max Winkler interests me as a study in choosing the unglamorous path inside a glamorous town. Born in Los Angeles and trained at USC, he could have chased franchises; instead his feature debut, Ceremony in 2010, was a small, talky character piece, and convincing Uma Thurman to anchor your first film shows real persuasive nerve. He moves between directing, writing, television work, and occasional acting, which tells me he thinks like a craftsman rather than an auteur with one trick. Directors who build careers on modest, well-made stories tend to outlast the flashy ones, and I would bet on Winkler being a long-haul survivor.
Overview
Max Daniel Winkler (born August 18, 1983) is an American director and screenwriter. His credits include writing and directing the film Ceremony (2010), starring Michael Angarano and Uma Thurman. The film was Winkler's feature film directorial debut.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Max Winkler
- Name (Japanese)
- マックス・ウィンクラー
- Reading
- まっくす・うぃんくらー
- Born
- August 18, 1983 (age 42)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Boar
- Origin
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- film director / actor / television actor / screenwriter / television director
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University of Southern California
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max%20Winkler%20(director)
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-10
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.