Max Winkler

Screenwriter and television director Max Winkler is the son of famous actor and comedian Henry Winkler, who has been also still happily married to his mother Stacey Weitzman for 43 years. His father is widely praised and heavily awarded for his performances. However, he is most famous for his role as The Fonz in the TV sitcom Happy Days, a role for which he won multiple awards.

Like his father, Max has remarkable skills for both on-screen and behind the camera work. At age of 6, he played a cameo role in the film Cop and a Half directed by his father. What’s more, since he is of Jewish descent and his grandparents were survivors of the Holocaust, Max also inherited a depth of perspective that makes him great at filmmaking. Max already has some directing credits, having directed some episodes of New Girl, The Grinder, Fresh Off The Boat, and The New Normal.