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| {{Infobox actor | |||
| | name = David Winning | |||
| | image = David_Winning0079_-2.jpg |thumb|600px | |||
| | caption = Film Director | |||
| | birthdate = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1961|5|8}} 6' 4" | |||
| | birthplace = {{flagicon|Canada}} ], ], Canada | |||
| {{flagicon|United States}} Dual Citizen US | |||
| | occupation = ], ], ], and actor | |||
| | website = http://www.DavidWinning.com | |||
| | occupation = ], ], ], and actor | |||
| | yearsactive = 1976 – present | |||
| }} | |||
| '''David Winning''' (born May 8, 1961) is a Canadian-born and U.S. dual citizen ], ], ], ], and occasional actor. Although Winning has worked in numerous film and TV genres, his name is most commonly associated with ]. | |||
| ==Biography== | |||
| Winning was born in ]<ref></ref>. He became a ] of the US and Canada in 2003 and lives in Los Angeles. He was making films at the age of ten with a ] camera in Calgary. At 18, he got a ] grant in 1979{{fact}} to make his first sixteen millimeter drama ''Sequence'', and expanded the plotline into his first feature film ], produced in the summer of 1983 and filmed in the forests and hills of ]. It took four years to complete and was released by ]' ] International and ] in 1988. | |||
| At 27, he got work as director on the Canadian-produced series '']'' for ]; for this television debut he received three ] nominations.{{fact}} His second feature followed in 1992 with ], a plot-twisting photographic mystery-thriller starring ] and veteran character actor ]. Throughout the 1990s and 2000s he directed more movies, as well as episodes of over twenty series. | |||
| ==Awards== | |||
| Winning's episodic work received international awards including twenty-two first place golds/platinums overall at the 1992-2008 Houston Film Festival/], the 1995 Gold ] and two Silver Hugos from the ], and four national ] nominations for Best Director/Dramatic Series.{{fact}} In 2002 he received a National award from the ]<ref></ref> for outstanding achievement in television drama. He was nominated again in 2006.{{fact}} Winning was honored{{vague}}<!-- how? --> at the 2008 ] in Hawaii.{{fact}} He received a Special Career award{{vague}}<!-- from whom? --> on May 17, 2008 with a reception in his honor the same night.{{fact}} '']'' also won the ] for Best Foreign feature film.{{fact}} In April 2008, Winning won two awards at the Houston Film Festival/] in ] and a Special Jury Award{{vague}}<!-- where? --> for his work on the ] vampire series "]".{{fact}} | |||
| ==Filmography== | |||
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| ==References== | |||
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| ==External links== | |||
| *{{official|http://www.davidwinning.com/}} | |||
| * {{imdb|id=0003941 | name=David Winning}} | |||
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