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Terence H. Winkless
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<h2 id="early-life">Early life</h2> <p>Born in <a href="/facts/Springfield%2c_Massachusetts/MhlE56c4">Springfield, Massachusetts</a>, Winkless's family moved to Chicago's North Shore and Terence went to the well-known <a href="/facts/New_Trier_High_School/yS4qbbIn">New Trier High School</a> in <a href="/facts/Winnetka%2c_Illinois/0umwHIoH">Winnetka, Illinois</a>. His family then moved to Los Angeles to work on <i><a href="/facts/The_Banana_Splits/FTXssNlt">The Banana Splits Adventure Hour</a></i>, on which he and his brothers played three of the four title characters, and their father wrote the theme song.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> Winkless attended the <a href="/facts/USC_School_of_Cinematic_Arts/6MlTCA9l">USC School of Cinematic Arts</a>, and an internship at the <a href="/facts/AFI_Conservatory/9L7qgdMJ">AFI Conservatory</a> on the film <i><a href="/facts/Soylent_Green/LPSvjIov">Soylent Green</a></i> with director <a href="/facts/Richard_Fleischer/9boppYEF">Richard Fleischer</a> under the aegis of AFI consultant <a href="/facts/Charlton_Heston/8xMbH326">Charlton Heston</a>. </p> <h2 id="career">Career</h2> <p>Winkless directed the short movie <i><a href="/facts/Foster%2527s_Release/l5Hpejgm">Foster's Release</a></i> in 1971, featured at the Edinburgh Film Festival, L.A. Filmex, and the Chicago Film Festival, among others. </p><p>Winkless worked on the original <i><a href="/facts/Gone_in_60_Seconds_(1974_film)/gnPF6RMf">Gone in 60 Seconds</a></i> (1974), which featured a 40-minute car chase. Winkless worked as an editor and then writer and director when the floundering story needed refinement. </p><p>Winkless got his first writing credit on <i><a href="/facts/The_Howling_(film)/3SY6Unbp">The Howling</a></i> (1981). Winkless would later direct the similarly themed <i><a href="/facts/The_Nest_(1988_film)/kCofuRnA">The Nest</a></i> (1988),<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> featuring genetically altered cockroaches rather than werewolves. </p><p>Winkless' extensive body of work includes <i><a href="/facts/Bloodfist/Nt2CtEKK">Bloodfist</a></i> (1989), <i><a href="/facts/Corporate_Affairs/ySP0jWwQ">Corporate Affairs</a></i> (1990) and <i>The Berlin Conspiracy</i> (1992). Given his success with the fighting film <i>Bloodfist</i>, the biggest hit for <a href="/facts/Roger_Corman/lHWwxk80">Roger Corman</a>'s New Horizons company, Winkless returned to the genre on the 1992 feature <i>Rage and Honor</i>. </p><p>Next came <i><a href="/facts/Not_of_This_Earth_(1995_film)/xCzIHbYy">Not of This Earth</a></i> (1995), part of the <i><a href="/facts/Roger_Corman_Presents/Rdbxs9nR">Roger Corman Presents</a></i> horror series on the <a href="/facts/Showtime_(TV_network)/1yjns2Wy">Showtime</a> network. That same year Winkless directed <i><a href="/facts/White_Wolves_II%3a_Legend_of_the_Wild/kvqE6Xqf">White Wolves II: Legend of the Wild</a></i>, followed by <i><a href="/facts/Scene_of_the_Crime_(1996_film)/yhnCPxS6">Ladykiller</a></i> (1996) aka <i>Scene of the Crime</i>. He directed <i><a href="/facts/The_Westing_Game/YhbP7fbQ">The Westing Game</a></i> (1997) aka <i>Get A Clue</i>, made for Showtime and the <a href="/facts/Hallmark_Channel/slKRNfrW">Hallmark Channel</a>. </p><p>His 2003 film <i>Fire Over Afghanistan</i> was shot on a prosumer digital camera, the Sony PD-150, and was a precursor to the all digital world to come. He next directed <i><a href="/facts/Nightmare_City/XBtkpVBe">Nightmare City</a></i> (2007), then returned to digital filming on <i>Twice As Dead</i> (2009). </p><p>In 2013, Winkless expanded on his usual genre and directed the family drama <i>Heart of Dance</i> (2013), in which a young woman become increasingly tangled in the obsessive world of professional dance following the death of her older sister.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p><p>Winkless continues to carve out new territory for himself as the author of the book <i>The Assassin's Apprentice</i>. </p> <h2 id="personal-life">Personal life</h2> <p>Winkless is married to screenwriter Raly Radouloff, they are based in Vancouver, BC with residences in California and Europe. </p> <h2 id="director">Director</h2> <h3>Television</h3> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Mighty_Morphin_Power_Rangers/QpzjSA7c">Mighty Morphin Power Rangers</a></i> (1993-1995)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Power_Rangers_Zeo/R4NunCBA">Power Rangers Zeo</a></i> (1996)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Big_Bad_Beetleborgs/fh4M0lXD">Big Bad Beetleborgs</a></i> (1996)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Masked_Rider_(TV_series)/6hq1Mhuv">Masked Rider</a></i> (1996)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Pacific_Blue_(TV_series)/raaBFBJo">Pacific Blue</a></i> (1996-2000)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/18_Wheels_of_Justice/Eg80ULP6">18 Wheels of Justice</a></i> (2000-2001)</li> <li><i>Tide Waters</i> (2014)</li></ul> <h3>Films</h3> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Foster%2527s_Release/l5Hpejgm">Foster’s Release</a></i> (1971)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/The_Nest_(1988_film)/kCofuRnA">The Nest</a></i> (1988)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Bloodfist/Nt2CtEKK">Bloodfist</a></i> (1989)</li> <li><i>Corporate Affairs</i> (1990)</li> <li><i>The Berlin Conspiracy</i> (1992)</li> <li><i>Rage and Honor</i> (1992)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Not_of_this_Earth_(1995_film)/xCzIHbYy">Not of This Earth</a></i> (1995)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/White_Wolves_II%3a_Legend_of_the_Wild/kvqE6Xqf">White Wolves II: Legend of the Wild</a></i> (1996)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Scene_of_the_Crime_(1996_film)/yhnCPxS6">Scene of the Crime</a></i> (1996)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Get_a_Clue_(1997_film)/pbFkHNV3">Get a Clue</a></i> (1997)</li> <li><i>Fires Over Afghanistan</i> (2003)</li> <li><i>Nightmare City 2035</i> (2007)</li> <li><i>Twice as Dead</i> (2009)</li> <li><i>Heart of Dance</i> (2013)</li></ul> <h2 id="writer">Writer</h2> <h3>Films</h3> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/The_Howling_(film)/3SY6Unbp">The Howling</a></i> (1981)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/He%2527s_My_Girl/PppfA0od">He’s My Girl</a></i> (1987)</li> <li><i>Corporate Affairs</i> (1990)</li> <li><i>Rage and Honor</i> (1992)</li> <li><i>Fire Over Afghanistan</i> (2003)</li> <li><i>Scorpius Gigantus</i> (2006)</li> <li><i>Nightmare City 2035</i> (2007)</li> <li><i>Twice as Dead</i> (2009)</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0935288/">Terence H. Winkless</a> at <a href="/facts/IMDb_(identifier)/uWrqVYVy">IMDb</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Terence H. Winkless - Trailer - Showtimes - Cast - Movies - New York Times <a href="https://movies2.nytimes.com/person/117065/Terence-H-Winkless/filmography" target="_blank">https://movies2.nytimes.com/person/117065/Terence-H-Winkless/filmography</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Winkless, Terence H. (2020). From the Inside: My Life As Bingo of the Banana Splits. Orlando, Florida: BearManor Media. ISBN 978-1-62933-564-3. <a href="978-1-62933-564-3" target="_blank">978-1-62933-564-3</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Beyondhollywood.com Archived 2012-08-25 at the Wayback Machine <a href="http://www.beyondhollywood.com/the-nest-1988-movie-review/" target="_blank">http://www.beyondhollywood.com/the-nest-1988-movie-review/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Winkless, Terence H., Heart of Dance (Drama, Family, Romance), Alisha Newton, Brennan Elliott, Julia Sarah Stone, Racquel Belmonte, Bruns Family Productions, Fair & Square Media, L&P Productions, retrieved 2020-09-23 <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1980132/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_3" target="_blank">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1980132/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_3</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>