---
name: "Charles Winkler"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/charles-winkler"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 January 1953"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-19T15:53:15.999480+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Charles Winkler

Producer. Born 1 January 1953 in United States.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 1953, United States
- **Active:** 2006–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 5: 4 producing, 1 other
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as producer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 66 (1), 2000s 68 (1), 2010s 74 (2), 2020s 72 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 72 to 68 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Action 3
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $819m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Winkler, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2960460, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0935203/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/16487

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Rocky Balboa*](https://film.one/film/rocky-balboa.md) (68)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Charles Winkler is an American film and television director and producer. He is the son of producer and director Irwin Winkler and actress Margo Winkler.

Winkler has directed episodes of series including *Baywatch* (1989) and films such as *Rocky Marciano* (1999), *The Net 2.0* (2006) and *Streets of Blood* (2009). As a producer he worked on *Rocky Balboa* (2006), where he also served as second unit director, and on the *Creed* films (2015–2023).

He was married to actress Sandra Nelson from 1998 until their divorce in 2012.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (5)

### Produced (4) — the average rests on these

- *Creed III* (2023), Fi1m 72, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/creed-iii.md)
- *Creed II* (2018), Fi1m 64, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/creed-ii.md)
- *Creed* (2015), Fi1m 85, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/creed.md)
- *Rocky Balboa* (2006), Fi1m 68, Producer, Second Unit Director — [page](https://film.one/film/rocky-balboa.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Rocky II* (1979), Fi1m 66, as Camera Assistant (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/rocky-ii.md)

## Complete filmography (26)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Alto Knights* (2025), Producer
- *Creed III* (2023), Producer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/creed-iii.md)
- *Creed II* (2018), Producer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/creed-ii.md)
- *Creed* (2015), Producer — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/creed.md)
- *From Rocky to Creed: The Legacy Continues* (2015), Executive Producer
- *Survivor* (2015), Producer
- *Streets of Blood* (2009), Director, Producer
- *Rocky Balboa* (2006), Producer, Second Unit Director — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/rocky-balboa.md)
- *The Net 2.0* (2006), as Embassy Clerk · Director
- *Shackles* (2005), Director
- *De-Lovely* (2004), Producer
- *The Chris Isaak Show* (2001), series, Director
- *At Any Cost* (2000), as Morty · Director
- *Mysterious Ways* (2000), series, Director
- *Beggars and Choosers* (1999), series, Director
- *Rocky Marciano* (1999), Director, Writer
- *Red Ribbon Blues* (1995), Director, Writer
- *The Net* (1995), as Cop
- *The Outer Limits* (1995), series, Director
- *Dead at 21* (1994), series, Director
- *Disturbed* (1990), Director, Writer
- *Baywatch* (1989), series, Director
- *You Talkin' to Me?* (1987), Director, Writer
- *Rocky II* (1979), as Camera Assistant (uncredited) — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/rocky-ii.md)
- *Delphi*, series, Executive Producer
- *Ally Clark*, Producer

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