Terence Patrick Winter (born October 2, 1960) is an American writer and producer of television and film. He was the creator, writer, and executive producer of the HBO television series Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014). Before creating Boardwalk Empire, Winter was a writer and executive producer for the HBO television series The Sopranos, from the show's second to sixth and final season (2000–2007). In 2013, Winter wrote the screenplay for Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He was also the co-creator, writer and executive producer of another HBO television drama series, Vinyl (2016), which ran for one season. He is an executive producer and writer on the Paramount+ crime series Tulsa King with Taylor Sheridan. Description above from the Wikipedia article Terence Winter, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- October 2, 1960 (66)
- Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- Writer and producer
- 12 on MovieCove · 19 credits in all
What are Terence Winter's films like?
Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Power.
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
Light 1 · Serious 2 · Dark 2
A split, not a type: Grounded 3 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 1
Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 3
Steady 2 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 1
Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 1
A split, not a type: Casual 3 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 2
Resolved 5 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet3
- Ambiguous1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Terence Winter's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 11 of their 12 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Paramount+ (4).
Subscription and free streaming for Terence Winter's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
19 credits, 12 with a MovieCove page; 6 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Bob Marley: One Love(2024)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Shooting Stars(2023)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Tulsa King(2022)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows
Vinyl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
The Audition (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
The Wolf of Wall Street(2013)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Boardwalk Empire(2010)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
Brooklyn Rules(2007)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Get Rich or Die Tryin'(2005)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
The Sopranos(1999)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all showsDiResta (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Flipper(1995)
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all shows
Charlie Grace (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Xena: Warrior Princess(1995)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all showsThe Great Defender (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Sister, Sister(1994)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all shows
Diagnosis Murder(1993)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all showsEvel Knievel on Tour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Untitled David Chase/Terence Winter Horror Project (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 19 titles, 17 of them dated from 1993 to 2024.
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
Awards
4 Primetime Emmys and 7 other major awards from 34 major nominations, 2000–2014.
- Oscar, nominated · Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Adapted Screenplay
+2 other major bodies · 2 nominations
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Best Adapted Screenplay
- Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Adapted Screenplay
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Dramatic Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Drama Series
+2 other major bodies · 1 win and 1 nomination
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Dramatic Series
- Producers Guild Award, won · Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Drama Series
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best International
+1 other major body · 1 win and 1 nomination
- Writers Guild Award, won · New Series
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Drama Series
- Writers Guild Award, won · Episodic Drama
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Dramatic Series
- Producers Guild Award, won · Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Drama Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
+2 other major bodies · 1 win and 1 nomination
- Writers Guild Award, won · Dramatic Series
- Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Drama Series
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Episodic Drama
- Producers Guild Award, won · Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama
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- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Drama Series
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Drama Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
+1 other major body · 1 nomination
- Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama
- Writers Guild Award, won · Episodic Drama
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Drama Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
+1 other major body · 1 nomination
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Episodic Drama
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Drama Series
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Terence Winter's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 54th percentile, the median of all 5; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 58th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up4
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th5
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 12 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved3
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser5
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the dialogue 49/100 and the plot and story 47/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Terence Winter's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Terence Winter work with?
People who share at least 2 of Terence Winter's MovieCove titles; Frank E. Flowers shares the most, 2.
- Frank E. FlowersShared titles: Bob Marley: One Love (2024), Shooting Stars (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Frank E. Flowers
- Rachel WinterShared titles: Shooting Stars (2023), Brooklyn Rules (2007)See all 2 shared titles with Rachel Winter
