Known for Acting
Alexander Ross "Alex" Winter (born July 17, 1965) is an English-born American actor, film director, and film writer, best known for his role as Bill S. Preston Esq. in the three films in the Bill & Ted series (1989-2020). He is also well known for his role as Marko in the 1987 cult classic The Lost Boys and for co-writing, co-directing and starring in the 1993 film Freaked.
Born
July 17, 1965 (age 61)
Birthplace
London, England, UK
Filmography
98 films, 22 shows


Adulthood
2025 · 1h 37m · US
The lives of two siblings are completely upended when they discover a dead body, long buried in their parent’s basement, sending them down a rabbit hole of crime and murder.


The YouTube Effect
2023 · 1h 39m · US
YouTube has garnered over 2.3 billion users and is worth up to $300 billion. At its center is its algorithm, something that threatens to destroy not only the platform, but the entire Internet.


Zappa
2020 · 2h 9m · US
With the help of more than 10,000 dedicated Zappa fans, this is the long-awaited definitive documentary project of Alex Winter documenting the life and career of enigmatic groundbreaking rock star Frank Zappa. Alex also utilizes in this picture thousands of hours of painstakingly digitized videos, photos, audio, writing, and everything in between from Zappa's private archives. These chronicles have never been brought to a public audience before, until now.


Showbiz Kids
2020 · 1h 35m · US
A documentary chronicling the shared experiences of prominent former child stars and the personal and professional price of fame and failure on a child.


Trust Machine: The Story of Blockchain
2018 · 1h 24m · US
Hacktivist and blockchain expert Lauri Love fights extradition in TRUST MACHINE—his computer skills a threat to the US government. Tech innovators strike a raw nerve as banks and network pundits rush to condemn volatile cryptocurrencies and their underlying blockchain technology. Why are banks terrified while UNICEF embraces it to help refugee children? Award–winning filmmaker Alex Winter reveals that proponents of blockchain—a verified digital ledger—are already using the technology to change the world; fighting income inequality, the refugee crisis and world hunger.


The Panama Papers
2018 · 1h 40m · AU
A documentary feature film about the biggest global corruption scandal in history, and the hundreds of journalists who risked their lives to break the story.


Trump's Lobby
2017 · 7m · US
Since the election of Donald Trump, there has been a continual flow of high level visitors to the penthouse apartment in Trump Tower. Their arrivals were turned into a media spectacle.


Relatively Free
2016 · 19m · US
A short film following the release of journalist and activist Barrett Brown from prison, and his drive across Texas to a halfway house. 'Relatively Free' is an examination of Brown's return to a very different world, post the election.


Quantum Is Calling
2016 · 11m
Zoe Saldana enlists the help of Stephen Hawking to solve a quantum riddle in order to get Simon Pegg’s cat back. This follows Paul Rudd’s epic quantum chess match with Stephen Hawking.
Anyone Can Quantum
Anyone Can Quantum
2016 · 12m · US
The game is real and the stakes are high as the future of humanity hangs in the balance. Can Paul Rudd, an actor, beat Stephen Hawking, one of the greatest minds of our generation, in a game of chess that will determine the future of humanity? Most likely not. Unless...


Smosh: The Movie
2015 · 1h 25m · US
An embarrassing video of Anthony surfaces online right before his fifth high school reunion. The Smosh dudes then race to pull down the clip before it blows Anthony's chances of reconnecting with his teen crush Anna.


Deep Web
2015 · 1h 29m · US
Deep Web gives the inside story of one of the most important and riveting digital crime sagas of the century -- the arrest of Ross William Ulbricht, the 30-year-old entrepreneur convicted of being 'Dread Pirate Roberts,' creator and operator of online black market Silk Road. As the only film with exclusive access to the Ulbricht family, Deep Web explores how the brightest minds and thought leaders behind the Deep Web and Bitcoin are now caught in the crosshairs of the battle for control of a future inextricably linked to technology, with our digital rights hanging in the balance.


Downloaded
2013 · 1h 46m · US
A documentary that explores the downloading revolution; the kids that created it, the bands and the businesses that were affected by it, and its impact on the world at large.


Blue Beetle: Test Trailer
2010 · 1m · US
After an ancient scarab bonds with a teenager, Jaime Reyes, he develops a body suit of alien armor with extraordinary powers and becomes the superhero Blue Beetle.


Ben 10: Alien Swarm
2009 · 1h 9m · US
Ben and a mysterious girl from his past must prevent an alien threat from destroying the world.


Ben 10: Race Against Time
2008 · 1h 7m · US
Ben, Gwen, and Max must stop an extraterrestrial who plans to open a gateway that leads to an alien invasion.


Tabla Beat Science: Talamanam Sound Clash
2003 · US
Filmed June 21, 2002 with 12 cameras at the legendary Fillmore in San Francisco, this DVD documents a Tabla Beat Science performance that features founders Zakir Hussain (Tablas) and Bill Laswell (Bass), along with Ustad Sultan Khan (Sarangi and Vocals), Ejigayehu "Gigi" Shibabaw (Vocals), Karsh Kale (Drums), DJ Disk (Turntable) and MIDIval PunditZ (Electronics). Directed by Alex Winter.


Fever
1999 · 1h 50m · US
A struggling artist is implicated in a string of macabre murders.


Freaked
1993 · 1h 20m · US
A vain actor, his best friend, and an activist end up at a mutant freak farm run by a weirdo scientist.


Meals on Wheels
1992 · 5m
Made for Playboy's "Inside Out" TV show, the short follows an eccentric dweeb who, after noticing an attractive woman sucking on a popsicle, tries following her. However tragedy keeps befalling him at every turn, leading to many wacky situations as he pursues the lady.


Howie Meets the Ghost of Environmental Disasters Yet to Come
1990 · 4m
Made for CBS' "Save The Planet" Earth Day Special. Howie, having been confronted about his polluting ways, is visited later that night in his dreams by the Ghost of Environmental Disasters Yet to Come. He is then taken through time to see what havoc man wrought upon the world.


Aisles of Doom
1989 · 6m
In a town, there's a shop called the Plaza Discount Center, featuring toys of all kinds. It should be a place children love, and it would be save for its shopkeeper, Grendel T.W. Ulcerous. He's evil, but only the children know it, and no one listens to them. We watch what Grendel does to a couple of them. Then, one day, a stranger in a yellow rain slicker comes to town. A confrontation follows. Is it the end of Grendel?


Bar-B-Que Movie
1988 · 11m · US
In this twisted spoof of "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre," a vacationing family encounters a communal group of cannibalistic misfits, played by legendary punk band Butthole Surfers. After drinking a hallucinogenic beverage, and eating part of his own son, the father witnesses a live performance by the band.


Squeal of Death
1985 · 16m · US
Absurd slapstick cartoon-like comedy about Howie, a scrawny kid pushed around by his slob dad and everyone else. He loves cinema and becomes obsessed with a gangster film. This pushes him over the edge into the life of crime. Or does it?