Ralph Winter | |
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| Born | Ralph Frederick Winter (1952-04-24)April 24, 1952 (age 73) |
| Occupation | Film producer |
| Years active | 1978–present |
| Spouse | Judy Beth Brown |
Ralph Frederick Winter (born April 24, 1952) is an American film producer who has helped to produce blockbuster movies such as theX-Men,Fantastic Four andStar Trek series as well asI, Robot andPlanet of the Apes.
Winter is a member of theDirectors Guild of America and theAcademy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
He has helped along such film schools as the Veracity Project, Biola University, and lectured atRegent College, Vancouver.
Winter was born inGlendale, California, the son of Effie Audrey (Crawford) and Charles Frederick Winter.[1] He attended theUniversity 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 forParamount Pictures television, where he worked onHappy Days,Laverne & Shirley, andMork and Mindy. Following his experiences in television he started working alongsideHarve Bennett on theStar Trek films. He was an associate producer onStar Trek III: The Search for Spock, executive producer onStar Trek IV: The Voyage Home andStar Trek V: The Final Frontier, and producer onStar Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.
Winter is also active in producing Christian movies, such asThree, based onTed Dekker's book, andHangman's Curse andThe Visitation, both of which were novel-to-movie creations written by Christian authorFrank Peretti. His latest Christian filmHouse was released in March 2009.
In 2010, Winter partnered with producer Terry Botwick to form the production company, 1019 Entertainment.[2][3] The company has produced the films,Cool It andCaptive.
Winter is a Christian and his faith influenced him to co-operate on a movie based on theLeft Behind series of books, although he left that project before it was completed.
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