Biography

Dean Winkler is a NYC-based film/television engineer and video artist.

Career highlights include: Senior Engineer Production and Post Production, Doha Film Institute, supervising the production, post production and display of nine boundary-pushing immersive films for the new National Museum of Qatar; Executive Producer / CTO of Crossroads Films and Co-Founder/ President of Post Perfect.

Winkler has collaborated / co-directed numerous video art projects including: "Act III" (1983) with John Sanborn and Philip Glass, "Good Morning Mr. Orwell" (1984) with Nam June Paik, "Perfect Lives" (1984) with Robert Ashley, "Luminaire" (1986) with John Sanborn, "Continuum" (1990) with Maureen Nappi, "140 Characters"(2017) with Maureen Nappi and Don Butler and "Our America" (2021) with Don Butler and "In C, Too" (2023) with John Sanborn.

His video art works are in the permanent collections of institutions worldwide including the Donnell Film Library/New York Public Library , High Museum, Kitchen Center for Video Art, Musee d'art Moderne and Museum of Modern Art.

Winkler holds Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. He holds a US patent on a unique dual reference digital-to-analog converter. His work has been recognized with over 45 Emmy, BDA/Promax, Monitor, ACM Siggraph, Telley, film festival and other awards. He is also an accomplished with aviator who has earned Skydiving, Rotorcraft-Helicopter and Glider licenses.
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