Ben Winston

Ben Winston (born 1981)[1] is a British producer and director who established the production company Fulwell 73[2] with Gabe Turner, Ben Turner, and Leo Pearlman.[3] He is co-executive producer of the CBS talk showThe Late Late Show with James Corden alongside Rob Crabbe and Mike Gibbons and the show's segments "Carpool Karaoke" and "Drop the Mic". He has collaborated with a number of artists, most notably One Direction, JLS, Robbie Williams, Gary Barlow, Kacey Musgraves, and James Corden. Winston has produced and directed a number of pop culture oriented films, documentaries, concerts and music videos. He has also produced Brit Awards from 2011 to 2014. More recently he was a co-producer of the Grammy Awards and Tony Awards.

Personal life

Winston is the son of Lord Winston[4] and Lira Helen Feigenbaum (now The Lady Winston). He has two siblings: Joel and Tanya. He is Jewish.

Winston studied at the University of Leeds, graduating in Broadcasting in 2004. He is married to Meredith Winston. Together, they have two daughters. The 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 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.[5] He also produced and directed Gary Barlow: On Her Majesty's Service(2012).

He 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. Ben 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, the One Direction's film One Direction: This Is Us for Columbia Pictures.[6]

As a commercial director, his advert for "A League Of There [sic] 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.[7]

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.[8] 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.

Awards
Won
  • 2016: Primetime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Interactive Program" for The Late Late Show with James Corden co-won with James Corden (producer/host), Rob Crabbe (executive producer) and Adam Abramson (director of digital)
  • 2016: Primetime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Variety Special" category for The Late Late Show Carpool Karaoke Primetime Special. Award co-won with Rob Crabbe (executive producer), Mike Gibbons (co-executive producer), Sheila Rogers, Michael Kaplan, Jeff Kopp and Josie Cliff (supervising producers) and James Corden (producer/host).
Nominated
  • 2016: Primetime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Variety Talk Series" for The Late Late Show with James Corden co-nominated with Rob Crabbe (executive producer), Mike Gibbons (co-executive producer), Sheila Rogers, Michael Kaplan, Jeff Kopp and Josie Cliff (supervising producers)
  • 2017: Primetime Emmy Awards for "Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special" for The 70th Annual Tony Awards (2016). Co-nominated with Dave Boone (writer), Mike Gibbons, Lauren Greenberg, Ian Karmel, Justin Shanes (special materials)
  • 2017: PGA Award for "Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television" for The Late Late Show with James Corden. Co-nomination alongside Rob Crabbe, Mike Gibbons, Amy Ozols, Sheila Rogers, Michael Kaplan, Jeff Kopp, James Longman, Josie Cliff and James Corden

Filmography
Director
  • 2011: JLS: Eyes Wide Open 3D (Documentary)
  • 2011: James Corden: May I Have Your Attention, Please? (Video short)
  • 2011: One Direction: A Year in the Making (TV Movie documentary)
  • 2012: Gary Barlow: On Her Majesty's Service (TV Movie documentary)
  • 2012: When Robbie Met James (TV special)
  • 2014: When Corden Met Barlow (TV special)
  • 2021: Friends: The Reunion (TV special)
Producer

References
  1. https://www.thejc.com/news/news/obituary-lady-lira-winston-3b5I5Ii6LfOqx8ImevmY7h
  2. "Production | Fulwell 73 Productions | Kings Cross". fulwell73.
  3. "'The Late Late Show' Producer Ben Winston Inks Deal at CBS TV Studios | Hollywood Reporter". www.hollywoodreporter.com. 9 August 2016.
  4. The Times of Israel: "Ben Winston – the man behind One Direction’s Jewish factor!" By Francine Wolfisz August 28, 2013
  5. "1D Day: Here's Everything You Need To Know About One Direction's Live Stream". MTV News. 21 November 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  6. One Direction film This Is Us tops UK and US weekend box office The Independent: One Direction film This Is Us tops UK and US Weekend box office
  7. "All Four One Direction Members Respond To Their New Brit Award". MTV News. 22 February 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  8. "BBC One – When Corden Met Barlow". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
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