Glen Winter

Glen Winter
Other names Glen Thomas Winter
Occupation Television director, cinematographer
Years active 1994–present

Glen Winter is an American television director and cinematographer.

He is well known for his work on The WB/The CW's Smallville, Arrow and The Flash.

Career

He began his career as a filmloader on Mark Rydell's Intersection. He worked on several films as a camera operator such as; The Crow: Stairway To Heaven, MVP: Most Vertical Primate, and Air Bud: Seventh Inning Fetch.

As a cinematographer his work included: Stone of Destiny, Rags, and Dead Heat.

Winter will direct the pilot episode of CBS' Supergirl.[1]

Smallville

Winter had a mainstay position on the Superman prequel series Smallville, on which he first served as second unit director of photography, and then series cinematographer. He later went on to direct 12 episodes, including the first part of the TV movie "Absolute Justice".[2]

Arrow & The Flash

In spring 2012, Winter signed on to another DC Comics produced series, Arrow. After starting as series cinematographer, he sieged to episode directing. His first effort was written by frequent collaborator, and DC Comics CCO, Geoff Johns entitled "Dead to Rights", which was met with fan and critical acclaim.[3] He went on to direct second season episodes "Broken Dolls", "Blind Spot", and "The Promise".[2]

He helmed Arrow's third season premiere, "The Calm".[4] He then directed the first episode of 2015, "Left Behind".[5]

He served as the director of photography on the pilot of Arrow's sister-series The Flash. He went on to direct the fourth episode, "Going Rogue", in which the supervillain Captain Cold is introduced. He next helmed the series' 8th installment, which features a crossover event with Arrow, "Flash vs. Arrow"; and the 13th "The Nuclear Man", featuring the exploration of the titular hero.[6][7][8] Later on during first season, he was named as a producer.

References

  1. ↑ Winter, Glen (February 26, 2015). "Incredibly proud and humbled to be directing the #supergirl pilot! Grateful to @GBerlanti @geoffjohns @AJKreisberg @AliAdler". Twitter. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Glen Winter". TV.com. Retrieved August 22, 2014.
  3. ↑ Busch, Jeena (February 27, 2013). "Arrow: Geoff Johns and Glen Winter on What’s Coming". fan TV. Retrieved September 7, 2014.
  4. ↑ Guggenheim, Marc (July 8, 2014). "One day to go before the start of production on Arrow Season 3…". Twitter. Retrieved August 22, 2014.
  5. ↑ Guggenheim, Marc (October 22, 2014). "Arrow Ep. 3x10 begins filming today. Co-written by @erikoleson.". Twitter. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Episode Title: (#104) "Going Rogue"". The Futon Critic. Retrieved October 11, 2014.
  7. ↑ Beedle, Tim (October 6, 2014). "The Flash: On the Set with Candice Patton". DC Comics.com. Retrieved October 11, 2014.
  8. ↑ Ng, Philiana (July 27, 2014). ".@GBerlanti revealed that the eighth episode, which is one of the crossovers, of #TheFlash is called "Flash vs. Arrow." #SDCC". Twitter. Retrieved October 29, 2014.

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