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Name
  
Seth Winston


Role
  
Filmmaker

Seth Winston Seth Winston Dies OscarWinning Filmmaker Longtime Educator

Died
  
June 5, 2015, Woodland Hills, California, United States

Movies
  
She's Out of Control, Session Man

Awards
  
Academy Award for Best Short Film (Live Action)

Similar People
  
Stan Dragoti, Robert N Fried, Tony Danza, Stephen Deutsch, James Remar

Short Film Winners: 1992 Oscars


Seth Lance Winston (August 15, 1950 – June 5, 2015) was an American filmmaker best known for his short film Session Man.

Born in Philadelphia and raised in Los Angeles, Winston received a Bachelor of Arts in cinema production from the USC School of Cinematic Arts.

He was selected by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for their director's internship program, giving him the opportunity to work on Steven Spielberg's science fiction film Close Encounters of the Third Kind. He went on to write for several TV and cinematic movies, including She's Out of Control, starring Tony Danza.

Winston won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short along with Rob Fried in 1992. He taught at the USC School of Cinematic Arts and UC Santa Barbara.

Winston died at his home in Woodland Hills from an apparent heart attack on June 5, 2015, aged 64.

Director and writer, Kim Nguyen. dedicated his movie, Two Lovers and a Bear (2016) in memory of Seth.

References

Seth Winston Wikipedia