Name Jason Winer Role Director | ||
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Awards Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series Nominations Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series Movies and TV shows Arthur, 1600 Penn, National Lampoon's Van Wilder, Perfect Opposites, You - Me and Dupree Similar People Steven Levitan, Christopher Lloyd, Peter Baynham, Bill Wrubel, Dan O'Shannon Profiles | ||
Education Northwestern University | ||
Arthur director jason winer
Jason Winer (born December 7, 1972) is an American director, producer, writer, actor, and comedian. He is best known for being one of the directors on the American sitcom Modern Family.
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- Arthur director jason winer
- Director jason winer on arthur russell brand and sharing tea with helen mirren
- Early life
- Career
- References
Director jason winer on arthur russell brand and sharing tea with helen mirren
Early life
Winer was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, in a Jewish family. He attended the Friends School of Baltimore and Northwestern University and is an alumnus of the Improv Olympic Theatre.
Career
After college, Winer acted in television commercials for companies such as Budweiser, Nike and Dr Pepper. He also did stand-up comedy on channels such as HBO and was one of the stars on the TV game show The Blame Game on MTV. He eventually moved into work behind the camera, directing The Adventures of Big Handsome Guy and His Little Friend in 2005.
Since then, Winer has directed episodes of TV shows such as Kath & Kim, Samantha Who?, Carpoolers, New Girl and Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23. He is a co-executive producer of Modern Family as well as a director. In 2010, Winer won the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Achievement in Directing Comedy Series for Modern Family.
He was nominated for Emmy Awards for directing the Modern Family episodes "Pilot" and "Virgin Territory".
Winer directed the 2011 remake of Arthur, his first job as a motion picture director.
He also co-created the sitcom 1600 Penn with Josh Gad and Jon Lovett.