Gary Winick was an American film director and producer who directed films such as
Tadpole (2002) and
13 Going on 30 (2004) died from pneumonia he was , 49.. He also produced films including
Pieces of April (2003) for which
Patricia Clarkson was nominated for the
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and
November (2004) through his New York City-based
independent film production company InDigEnt (founded in 1999; stands for Independent Digital Entertainment).
[1] He won the 2003
Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award for producing
Personal Velocity.
(March 31, 1961 – February 27, 2011)
Winick directed the live action remake of
Charlotte's Web starring
Dakota Fanning. It was released on December 15, 2006.
[2] His most recent films were
Bride Wars and
Letters to Juliet.
[3]

For his primary and high school education Winick attended
Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School in the New York City borough of
Manhattan (where he was born
[4]), graduating in 1979.
[5] He is a 1984 graduate of
Tufts University[6] and went on to receive
Master of Fine Arts degree from both the
University of Texas at Austin and the
AFI Conservatory.
[7]
Death
Winick died of
pneumonia in a hospital in Manhattan
[4] after a long battle with
brain cancer on February 27, 2011 at age 49, shortly before his 50th birthday.
[8]
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