Irwin Winkler (born May 25, 1931) is an American film producer and director. He is the producer or director of 50 major motion pictures, dating back to 1967's Double Trouble, starring Elvis Presley. The fourth film he produced, They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969), starring Jane Fonda, was nominated for nine Academy Awards. In 1976, he won an Oscar for Best Picture for Rocky. As a producer, he has been nominated for Best Picture for three other films: Raging Bull, The Right Stuff, and Goodfellas.
Academy Awards
Best Picture
Known For
Rocky
(1976)
Producer
GoodFellas
(1990)
Producer
Creed III
(2023)
Producer
Silence
(2016)
Producer
Rocky IV
(1985)
Producer
Creed II
(2018)
Producer
The Net
(1995)
Producer
The Wolf of Wall Street
(2013)
Executive Producer
Rocky V
(1990)
Producer
The Irishman
(2019)
Producer
Rocky Balboa
(2006)
Executive Producer
Creed
(2015)
Producer
Rocky III
(1982)
Producer
Raging Bull
(1980)
Producer
The Mechanic
(2011)
Executive Producer
Survivor
(2015)
Producer
Full Filmography
Production
Point Blank
(1967)
Producer
Double Trouble
(1967)
Producer
The Split
(1968)
Producer
Blue
(1968)
Producer
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
(1969)
Producer
The Strawberry Statement
(1970)
Producer
Leo the Last
(1970)
Producer
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
(1971)
Producer
Believe in Me
(1971)
Producer
The Mechanic
(1972)
Producer
The New Centurions
(1972)
Producer
Up the Sandbox
(1972)
Producer
Thumb Tripping
(1972)
Producer
The Gambler
(1974)
Producer
Busting
(1974)
Producer
S*P*Y*S
(1974)
Producer
Breakout
(1975)
Producer
Peeper
(1975)
Producer
Rocky
(1976)
Producer
Nickelodeon
(1976)
Producer
New York, New York
(1977)
Producer
Valentino
(1977)
Producer
Comes a Horseman
(1978)
Executive Producer
Uncle Joe Shannon
(1978)
Producer
Rocky II
(1979)
Producer
Raging Bull
(1980)
Producer
True Confessions
(1981)
Producer
Rocky III
(1982)
Producer
Author! Author!
(1982)
Producer
The Right Stuff
(1983)
Producer
Rocky IV
(1985)
Producer
Revolution
(1985)
Producer
Scandal Sheet
(1985)
Producer
Betrayed
(1988)
Producer
Music Box
(1989)
Producer
GoodFellas
(1990)
Producer
Rocky V
(1990)
Producer
Night and the City
(1992)
Producer
The Net
(1995)
Producer
The Juror
(1996)
Producer
At First Sight
(1999)
Producer
The Shipping News
(2001)
Producer
Life as a House
(2001)
Producer
Enough
(2002)
Producer
De-Lovely
(2004)
Producer
The Net 2.0
(2006)
Producer
Home of the Brave
(2006)
Producer
Rocky Balboa
(2006)
Executive Producer
Streets of Blood
(2009)
Executive Producer
Trespass
(2011)
Producer
The Mechanic
(2011)
Executive Producer
The Wolf of Wall Street
(2013)
Executive Producer
The Gambler
(2014)
Producer
Survivor
(2015)
Producer
Creed
(2015)
Producer
Silence
(2016)
Producer
Music Got Me Here
(2017)
Executive Producer
Creed II
(2018)
Producer
The Irishman
(2019)
Producer
Creed III
(2023)
Producer
Alto Knights
(2025)
Producer
Acting
Martin Scorsese Directs
(1990)
Self
Perfect Moment
(1997)
Himself
Sports on the Silver Screen
(1997)
Self (archive footage)
Welcome to Hollywood
(1998)
Irwin Winkler
The 'New York, New York' Stories
(2005)
Self
Raging Bull: After the Fight
(2005)
Self
Raging Bull: Before the Fight
(2005)
Self
Morality and the Code: A How-to Manual for Hollywood
(2006)
Self
Prohibition Opens the Floodgates
(2006)
Self
Mardik: From Baghdad to Hollywood
(2008)
Self
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
(2009)
Self
The Real Rocky
(2011)
Self
Marty and Bobby
(2011)
Self
The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance
(2011)
Self
Rocky IV: The American Punch
(2014)
Self
Scorsese's Goodfellas
(2015)
Self
From Rocky to Creed: The Legacy Continues
(2015)
Self
Martin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence
(2017)
Self
The Collaboration Of A Lifetime: Scorsese’s Epic The Irishman
(2020)
Self
Making 'The Irishman'
(2020)
Self
Point Blank (1967) | The Documentary
(2024)
Self
Directing
Guilty by Suspicion
(1991)
Director
Night and the City
(1992)
Director
The Net
(1995)
Director
At First Sight
(1999)
Director
Life as a House
(2001)
Director
De-Lovely
(2004)
Director
Home of the Brave
(2006)
Director
Writing