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The list of films Irwin Winkler has produced in his more-than-50-year career is extraordinary:Rocky,Goodfellas, Raging Bull, Creed. His films have been nominated for 52 Academy Awards, includingfive movies for Best Picture, and have won 12. And Winkler is still working. Creed II,starring MichaelB. Jordan, opens this fall, followed by Martin Scorsese'sThe Irishman, a major mafia saga for Netflixstarring Robert De Niro and Al Pacino. InA Life in Movies, his charming and insightful memoir, Winkler tells the stories of his careerthrough his many films as a producer and then as a writer and director, charting the changes inHollywood over the past decades. Winkler started in the famous William Morris mailroom and made hisfirst film-starring Elvis-in the last days of the old studio system. Beginning in the late 1960s, and thenfor decades to come, he produced a string of provocative andinfluential films, making him one of the most critically lauded,prolific, and commercially successfulproducers of his era. This is an engrossing and candid book, a beguilingexploration of what it means to be a producer, from howrights get purchased and scripts developed to actors cast,directors managed, film edited, and awards won. Filled withtales of legendary and beloved films, as well as some not-so-legendaryand forgotten ones,A Life in Moviestakes readersbehind the scenes and into the history of Hollywood.Irwin Winkler is an American film producer, writer, and director. He is the recipient of numerous American and international honors.

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reveals behind-the-scenes nuggets that film buffs may find fascinating. -- DailyMail.co.uk Cramming in a dizzying amount of day-to-day detail (he's kept a diary for 30 years), Winkler briskly captures the hustle and bustle, the raw deals and lucky breaks, of getting movies made. -- Total Film Featured in New York Times Book Review in New & Noteworthy

I've known Irwin Winkler for over half of my life, but that didn't keep me from being completely absorbed in every word of his incredible life story, and his climb from the mailroom all the way up to well-deserved recognition as producer, director, and one of the finest and most discerning people in the movie business. --Martin Scorsese

I've had the good fortune to work with Irwin Winkler on many pictures over the years, from the 70s up to the present, and he's one of my most trusted and valued collaborators and friends. Irwin and his late producing partner Robert Chartoff started making movies at a very particular time: the period of transition from the old Hollywood to the age of the independent producers. That's why this book is valuable on multiple levels--as a lively memoir with more than one amazing inside story, as a first-hand work of cinema history, and as the testament of a pivotal figure in American moviemaking. --Martin Scorsese A candid, revealing memoir ... Winkler explores the exigencies of conceiving, financing, casting, and shooting a movie as well as the incessant troubleshooting, placating of the intemperate or churlish, cajoling, pleading, negotiating, and always thinking fast on one's feet--not to mention promotion, securing distribution, and other responsibilities. ... Any film buff would love to join Winkler for a long conversation over drinks and dinner. At their best, his recollections are as rich as his films are memorable. --Kirkus Reviews Illuminating ... Drawing on work diaries, Winkler gives insight into the creation of Raging Bull, The Right Stuff, the Rocky series, and Martin Scorsese's forthcoming The Irishman, among many others. ... Winkler's recollections add up to a lively chronicle that will entertain film buffs and enlighten film students. --Publishers Weekly

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Irwin Winkler is an American film producer, writer, and director. He is the recipient of numerous American and international honors.

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