Michael Winner - biography

“A team effort is a lot of people doing what I say.”

“Being in the film business is rather like being a tennis player.  You have to keep your total concentration and mind on the ball.  The minute you fall in love with Tatum O’Neal or get flabby, you’ve had it.”

“I was always a director and I just produced for myself as it gets rid of the producer, who’s usually an unpleasant person.”

“During the Sixties, the Americans thought I was the greatest thing in the history of cinema.”

“The truth of the matter is that muggers are very interesting people.”

Michael Winner directed the following films:
Play It Cool (1962)
West 11 (1963)
You Must Be Joking! (1965)
I’ll Never Forget What’s’isname (1967)
The Games (1970)
Lawman (1971)
The Nightcomers (1971)
Chato’s Land (1972)
The Mechanic (1972)
Scorpio (1973)
The Stone Killer (1973)
Death Wish (1974)
Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
The Sentinel (1977)
The Big Sleep (1978)
Firepower (1979)
Death Wish II (1982)
The Wicked Lady (1983)
Death Wish 3 (1985)
A Chorus of Disapproval (1988)
Appointment with Death (1988)
Bullseye! (1990)
Dirty Weekend (1993)
Parting Shots (1998)


Michael Winner contributed to the screenplay for the following films:
Man with a Gun (1958)
You Must Be Joking! (1965)
Lawman (1971)
Chato’s Land (1972)
The Sentinel (1977)
The Big Sleep (1978)
Firepower (1979)
The Wicked Lady (1983)
A Chorus of Disapproval (1988)
Appointment with Death (1988)
Bullseye! (1990)
Dirty Weekend (1993)
Parting Shots (1998)


Michael Winner has appeared in the following films:
Decadence (1994)