Jason Winer Biography

Fast Facts

• At the 2011 Palm Springs International Film Festival named him one of its Directors to Watch for "Arthur․"
• Won a Directors Guild of America Award and a PGA Award for "Modern Family," in 2010 and 2011 respectively
• His first acting role came when he was 8 years old when he had the opportunity to play Pedi in a 1980 original musical by Mark Resnick called "When It Is Dark Enough, You Can See the Stars․"
• Started his career as an actor, improviser and photographer, transitioning into directing with a short film called "The Adventures of Big Handsome Guy and His Little Friend․"
• Quote: "You have to move really fast, as a director in television․"
• Because of his insistence to use multiple cameras while filming "Arthur," he was able to capture an unexpected improvised scene between Russell Brand and Helen Mirren that occurs after she reads him a bedtime story
• Best known for directing "Modern Family," an acclaimed ABC television series