Terence Winter

Terence Winter is the creator, head writer and Executive Producer of "Boardwalk Empire," HBO's award-winning drama series. Prior to creating "Boardwalk Empire," Winter was one of the writers and Executive Producers of "The Sopranos," for which he was honored with four Emmy awards as well as three Writer's Guild Awards. Before joining "The Sopranos," Mr. Winter had written and produced an eclectic group of television series, including "The Great Defender," "The Cosby Mysteries," "Xena: Warrior Princess," "Sister, Sister," "Soldier of Fortune," "Diresta" and "Eddie Murphy's The PJs".

His first feature film, "Get Rich or Die Tryin'" starring the rap artist 50 Cent and directed by Academy Award® nominee Jim Sheridan, opened in November, 2005. His second film, "Brooklyn Rules," starring Alec Baldwin and Freddie Prinze Jr. was released in 2007. His third film "The Wolf of Wall Street", directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, opened in November, 2013.

A native of Brooklyn, Winter received a B.A. from New York University in1984 and a J.D. from St. John's University School of Law in 1988. He was admitted to the bars of both New York and Connecticut.

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