Ben Winston Explained

Honorific Prefix:The Honourable
Ben Winston
Birth Name:Benjamin Saul Winston
Birth Date:13 October 1981
Years Active:2007–present
Relatives:Robert Winston, Baron Winston (father)
Alma Mater:University of Leeds
Spouse:Meredith Winston
Children:2

Benjamin Saul Winston (born 13 October 1981)[1] is a British producer, director and a founding partner of Fulwell 73.[2] He has won 13 Emmy Awards and been nominated 33 times. He holds the record for the individual with the most Emmy nominations in any one year, when in 2019, he received 8 nominations. Business Insider described him as “the most influential producer in television.”[3]

Winston is the executive producer of The Late Late Show with James Corden, the Grammy Awards, for CBS, The Kardashians for Hulu, Ed Sheeran: The Sum of it All and “Carpool Karaoke” for Apple TV.  He was the executive producer and director of the recent special, which became the most viewed show in Sky One and HBO Max’s history. His special Adele One Night Only was the highest rated entertainment show on network television in 2022. Winston is also executive producer of Drop the Mic for TBS, Game On! for CBS and Real Pigeons Fight Crime for Nickelodeon.

He has also created and produced several music specials for artists such as Bruno Mars (CBS), Harry Styles (Apple), Elton John (Disney+), Sam Smith (Apple), Adele, Justin Bieber (ITV), Kacey Musgraves (Amazon), Ben Platt, Gary Barlow and Shawn Mendes (Netflix). He also oversaw Global Citizen: Mandela 100 a 10-hour live broadcast show from South Africa, with Beyoncé and Jay-Z. In addition, he has produced and directed documentaries, videos, and films for the band One Direction, including the Columbia Pictures film, This Is Us.

His executive producing credits include four Brit Awards ceremonies for ITV, two Tony Awards for CBS, the UK version of The X Factor and the recent Christmas special of the sitcom Gavin and Stacey for the BBC, which became the most-watched scripted show since 2003 and won the 2020 BAFTA for TV Moment of the Year. Winston has won an MTV Video Music Award, three Brit Awards for directing, three PGA awards, and five Critics’ Choice Awards. Variety named Winston in their list of top 20 unscripted producers in the world. He was appointed to the board of MGM Resorts in 2023.

Personal life

Winston was born in 1981, the youngest of three children born to Robert Winston, Baron Winston[4] and Lira Helen Feigenbaum, The Lady Winston. He is Jewish.[5]

Winston studied at the University College School and then went to University of Leeds, graduating in Broadcasting in 2004. He is married to Meredith Winston. Together, they have two daughters, Ruby (born 5 December 2016) and Grace (born 10 October 2019). Their eldest's godfather is Harry Styles.

Career

Winston started at Fulwell 73 by co-producing In The Hands of the Gods (Lionsgate) in 2007. Since then, he has produced and directed shows including The Michael McIntyre Chat Show (BBC1) Robbie Williams: One Night at The Palladium (BBC1), This is Justin Bieber (ITV1), One Direction: A Year In The Making, and the seven-hour live streamed show 1D Day.[6] He also produced and directed (2012).

Winston has worked with his friend James Corden on many productions, including James Corden's World Cup Live (ITV1), When Corden Met Barlow (BBC1), When Robbie Met James (Sky One). For Red Nose Day on BBC1, he directed and co-wrote sketches for Gavin & Stacey. He co-directed the 3D documentary movie, JLS: Eyes Wide Open which opened on over 400 screens across the UK. At the time it was the biggest grossing music cinema release of all time in the UK, but was beaten by the next film he produced, for Columbia Pictures.[7]

As a commercial director, his advert for "A League Of Their Own" won the gold award at Berlin Pro Max Awards in 2011. He directed the 2011 Christmas Campaign for BBC One, "Consider Yourself One of Us" as well as the award-winning campaign for the Sport Relief mile. His music videos for One Direction has won a Brit Award for British Video of the Year for four consecutive years.[8]

In 2014, he directed When Corden Met Barlow which aired on BBC One. The show included a 6-minute 45 second Carpool Karaoke segment in the documentary with singer Gary Barlow of the band Take That.[9] James Corden explained that "Ben Winston and I always thought there was something very joyful about someone very, very famous singing their songs in an ordinary situation. We just had this idea: Los Angeles, traffic, the carpool lane — maybe this is something we could pull off." Later on, Carpool Karaoke was included as a regular featured segment on The Late Late Show with James Corden and other specials. That same year, Winston also became an executive producer on The X Factor.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Benjamin Saul Winston personal appointments - Find and update company information - GOV.UK. Companies House. 8 April 2024.
  2. Web site: Production | Fulwell 73 Productions | Kings Cross . fulwell73.
  3. Web site: Kanter . Jake . How 34-year-old Ben Winston became one of the most influential TV producers on the planet . 2024-06-19 . Business Insider . en-US.
  4. http://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/ben-winston-the-man-behind-one-directions-jewish-factor/ The Times of Israel: "Ben Winston – the man behind One Direction’s Jewish factor!" By Francine Wolfisz
  5. News: Obituary: Lady Lira Winston. Freedman. Harry. 11 February 2022. 26 April 2023. The Jewish Chronicle.
  6. Web site: 1D Day: Here's Everything You Need To Know About One Direction's Live Stream . https://web.archive.org/web/20220815070141/https://www.mtv.com/news/wm3if9/one-direction-live-stream . dead . 15 August 2022 . . 6 February 2023 . 21 November 2013.
  7. https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/one-direction-film-this-is-us-tops-uk-and-us-weekend-box-office-8796866.html One Direction film This Is Us tops UK and US weekend box office
  8. Web site: All Four One Direction Members Respond To Their New Brit Award . https://web.archive.org/web/20220912225825/https://www.mtv.com/news/kaa0es/one-direction-respond-2017-brit-award . dead . 12 September 2022 . MTV News . 6 February 2023 . 22 February 2017.
  9. Web site: BBC One – When Corden Met Barlow. bbc.co.uk. 9 August 2017.

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