“Zappa” director.
Alex Winter entered show business as a child actor with co-starring roles on Broadway in ”The King & I” and ”Peter Pan” and came to prominence in movies such as Warner Bros’ hit ”The Lost Boys” and the wildly popular ”Bill & Ted” franchise. As a filmmaker, Winter’s narrative features include the cult classic “Freaked”, for 20th Century Fox and “Fever”, for Lionsgate, an official selection in the Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes.
Winter founded Trouper Productions, a company that supports his films. In 2019, Winter released two new documentary feature films; ”The Panama Papers”, about the biggest global corruption scandal in history and the journalists who worked in secret and at great risk to break the story. A multiple award-winner, ”The Panama Papers” is executive produced by Laura Poitras, opened to a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and is out now on Hulu, Amazon Prime and Epix in the US. ”Trust Machine: The Story Of Blockchain”, about the rise of bitcoin and the blockchain was released last Fall and is now available on Amazon Prime
Previous documentary work includes ”Deep Web”, about the online black market Silk Road, and the trial of its creator Ross Ulbricht. The film premiered on the Epix network, opening as the #1 documentary on iTunes and earning a Cinema Eye nomination among several award wins. ”Deep Web” is now available for streaming and VOD. ”Downloaded” is a VH1 RockDoc about Napster and the digital revolution. The film premiered at SXSW, garnering worldwide critical acclaim at theatrical and festival screenings, and is available for digital download from all major outlets, free streaming on AOL in the US.
Winter’s ”Showbiz Kids” documentary feature for HBO, produced by frequent collaborator Glen Zipper and Bill Simmons' Ringer Films, premiered July 14th on the network and is now available through HBO GO, HBO NOW, and on HBO via HBO Max and other partners’ platforms. The highly anticipated third installment in the ”Bill & Ted” franchise, ”Bill & Ted Face The Music” is now available in theaters and on demand in the U.S. and is continuing to roll out internationally this Fall.
”Zappa”, the first all-access documentary on the life and times of Frank Zappa was set to premiere at the 2020 SXSW film festival. The Kickstarter campaign for this project was the highest funded documentary in crowdfunding history. ”Zappa” was acquired by Magnolia Pictures in August and will be released day and date on November 27th in the U.S.
