1. Terence Winter was the creator, writer, and executive producer of the HBO television series Boardwalk Empire.
20 Facts About Terence Winter
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In 2013, Terence Winter wrote the screenplay to Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
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Terence Winter was the co-creator, writer and executive producer of another HBO television drama series, Vinyl, which ran for one season.
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Terence Winter is an executive producer and writer on the Paramount+ crime series Tulsa King with Taylor Sheridan.
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Terence Winter grew up in a working-class family in Marine Park, Brooklyn.
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Terence Winter went to a vocational high school in Brooklyn, studying to be an auto mechanic.
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Terence Winter studied at the New York University, where, in 1984, he received a bachelor's degree in political science with a minor in journalism.
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Terence Winter practiced law for two years in New York City before moving to Los Angeles in 1991 to pursue a screenwriting career.
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Terence Winter eventually won a spot in the Warner Bros.
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Terence Winter joined the HBO series The Sopranos as a writer in its second season and ultimately wrote or co-wrote 25 episodes.
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In 2001, together with Tim Van Patten, Terence Winter won both the Writers Guild Award and the Edgar Award for his episode "Pine Barrens", directed by Steve Buscemi.
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In 2004, Terence Winter won two Emmy Awards, one as Executive Producer for The Sopranos for Outstanding Drama Series, and one for Best Writing in a Drama Series for the episode "Long Term Parking".
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Terence Winter won another writing Emmy in 2006 for his episode "Members Only".
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Also in 2006, Terence Winter wrote and directed the episode "Walk Like a Man" for the show's final season.
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Terence Winter won his second Writers Guild Award and his fourth Emmy in 2007 when The Sopranos won Outstanding Drama Series.
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Terence Winter won his third Writers Guild Award and the Pen USA award for his episode "The Second Coming".
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Terence Winter wrote the screenplay for the 2005 film Get Rich or Die Tryin' and its accompanying video game 50 Cent: Bulletproof.
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In 2007, Terence 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.
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Terence 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.
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Terence Winter was the showrunner of the first season of the 2022 Paramount+ series Tulsa King.