- Leon de Winter was born on February 26, 1954 in 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. He is a writer and director, known for De grens (1984), Looking for Eileen (1987) and De verwording van Herman Dürer (1979). He is married to Jessica Durlacher. They have two children.
- SpouseJessica Durlacher(? - present) (2 children)
- His father, a survivor of the Holocaust, died in 1965.
- Founded in the early 1980s 'Eerste Amsterdamse Filmassociatie', together with Jean van de Velde and René Seegers.
- Most of his works such as the novels "Hoffman's honger" (1990) and "Supertex" (1991) are influenced by his Jewish roots.
- After graduation, he attended the Netherlands Film Academy, but left it without a degree (1978).
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