---
name: "Max Winkler"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/max-winkler"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "18 August 1983"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "director"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T19:06:08.917135+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."
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# Max Winkler

Director. Born 18 August 1983 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 18 August 1983, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Active:** 2013–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Linda Mendoza](https://film.one/person/linda-mendoza.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as director, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Winkler_(director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16222541, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0935253/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/213614

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Brooklyn Nine-Nine*](https://film.one/tv/brooklyn-nine-nine.md) (78)

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

## Biography

Max Winkler is an American film and television director and screenwriter. Born in Los Angeles on 18 August 1983, he is the son of actor Henry Winkler.

His feature directorial debut was *Ceremony* (2010). He has since directed the films *Flower* (2017) and *Jungleland* (2019). On television, his credits include episodes of *Brooklyn Nine-Nine* (2013), *New Girl* (2011), *Crazy Ex-Girlfriend* (2015) and *Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story* (2026). He has directed multiple episodes for Ryan Murphy productions including *American Horror Story* (2011) and *American Horror Stories* (2021).

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Crazy Ex-Girlfriend* (2015), Fi1m 82, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/crazy-ex-girlfriend.md)
- *Brooklyn Nine-Nine* (2013), Fi1m 78, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/brooklyn-nine-nine.md)

## Complete filmography (30)

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

- *Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story* (2026), series, Director, Executive Producer — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/tv/monster-the-lizzie-borden-story.md)
- *The Shards* (2026), series, Executive Producer
- *Love Story* (2026), series, Director, Executive Producer
- *Monster: The Ed Gein Story* (2025), series, Executive Producer, Director
- *Grotesquerie* (2024), series, Executive Producer, Director
- *Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story* (2024), series, Director
- *Self Reliance* (2024), Thanks
- *School Spirits* (2023), series, Director, Executive Producer
- *The Watcher* (2022), series, Director
- *Minx* (2022), series, Director
- *American Horror Stories* (2021), series, Director, Executive Producer
- *Cruel Summer* (2021), series, Director
- *Jungleland* (2020), Director, Writer, Executive Producer
- *Magic Camp* (2020), Screenplay, Story
- *Flower* (2017), Director, Writer
- *FEUD* (2017), series, Director
- *Crazy Ex-Girlfriend* (2015), series, Director — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/crazy-ex-girlfriend.md)
- *Casual* (2015), series, Director
- *Fresh Off the Boat* (2015), series, Director
- *Brooklyn Nine-Nine* (2013), series, Director — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/brooklyn-nine-nine.md)
- *American Horror Story* (2011), series, Director
- *New Girl* (2011), series, Director
- *Cat Run* (2011), Executive Producer
- *Ceremony* (2010), Director, Screenplay
- *Clark and Michael* (2007), series, Director
- *Arrested Development* (2003), series, as Young Barry Zuckerkorn — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/tv/arrested-development.md)
- *Cop & ½* (1993), as Boy in Bathroom
- *Fruitcake*, Director
- *Last Days of Basic Cable*, Director
- *The Return of the Rocketeer*, Screenplay

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