1995–2000: Early work Prior to
The Sopranos, Winter wrote for the series
Sister, Sister,
Xena: Warrior Princess,
The Cosby Mysteries,
Flipper,
Diagnosis: Murder,
Charlie Grace,
DiResta, and
The PJs.
The Sopranos also won The Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television Drama in 2004 and 2007. Winter wrote the screenplay for the 2005 film ''
Get Rich or Die Tryin' and its accompanying video game 50 Cent: Bulletproof. In 2007, he wrote and produced the film Brooklyn Rules'', directed by
Michael Corrente.
2010–2014: Boardwalk Empire and The Wolf of Wall Street Winter created the HBO series
Boardwalk Empire and also served as showrunner and head writer, with fifteen episodes credited to him, including: "
Boardwalk Empire", "
The Ivory Tower", "
A Return to Normalcy", "
21", "Two Boats and a Lifeguard", "
To the Lost", "Resolution", "The Pony", "Margate Sands", "Acres of Diamonds", "William Wilson", "Farewell Daddy Blues", "The Good Listener", "Cuanto", and "
Eldorado". Winter and
Boardwalk Empire won a
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Writing in a New Series and he was nominated for Best Writing in a Dramatic Series 2011–2013.
Boardwalk Empire won the
Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series Drama in 2011 and was nominated in 2012 and 2013. In addition,
Steve Buscemi won for Best Actor in a Dramatic Series and
Kelly Macdonald was nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television.
Boardwalk Empire was in the
American Film Institute's Top Ten List for TV in 2010 and 2011. The cast of
Boardwalk Empire won the
Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Ensemble in a Drama Series, while Steve Buscemi won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series and
Martin Scorsese won the
Directors Guild Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series.
Boardwalk Empire was nominated for the Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series in both 2011 and 2012. In addition,
Boardwalk Empire won The Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television Drama in 2012 and was nominated for
BAFTA Best International Television in 2011. In 2007, Winter began working on the screenplay for
The Wolf of Wall Street, based on the
memoir by
Jordan Belfort, following a conversation with
Martin Scorsese. After several years of development, studio transitions and changes in financiers,
Red Granite Pictures greenlit the project for preproduction. Winter, in collaboration with
Leonardo DiCaprio and Scorsese, completed the finalized shooting script in 2012, with principal photography commencing later that year. The film, directed by Scorsese, released in December 2013 to both critical and commercial success, earning Winter his first
Academy Award nomination for
Best Adapted Screenplay.
2016–present: Vinyl and Tulsa King Winter served as the co-creator, writer, executive producer, and showrunner of the HBO period musical drama series
Vinyl, which reunited him with
Boardwalk Empire actor
Bobby Cannavale and director Martin Scorsese. Despite being picked up for a second season, Winter left his position as showrunner due to "creative differences" in April 2016 and was replaced by executive producer
Scott Z. Burns. In June 2016, HBO canceled the series. Winter was the showrunner of the first season of the 2022
Paramount+ series
Tulsa King. After departing the showrunner position, he later returned to the series as a writer and executive producer. == Filmography ==