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Ben Winston is a producer and director, best known for being co-executive producer of The Late Late Show with James Corden alongside Rob Crabbe and Mike Gibbons. The talk show was launched in 2015. He has collaborated with a number of artists, most notably One Direction, JLS, Gary Barlow and James Cordon. He has also produced and directed a number of pop culture oriented films and documentaries and concerts. He is also renowned for producing a number of the annual Brit Awards from 2011 to 2014. More recently he was a co-producer of US Grammy Awards and Tony Awards.

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.^[1] James Cordon 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 feature on The Late Late Show with James Corden and other specials.

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 with Rob Crabbe (executive producer), Mike Gibbons (co-executive producer), Sheila Rogers, Michael Kaplan, Jeff Kopp and Josie Cliff (supervising producers) Michael Kaplan (supervising producer) and James Corden (producer/host).

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)

Producer

2007: In the Hands of the Gods (Documentary, producer)
2007: Slave Labour (Documentary short, executive producer)
2010: This Is JLS (TV special, producer)
2011: Brit Awards 2011 (TV special, producer)
2011: One Direction: A Year in the Making (TV documentary, producer)
2012: A Very JLS Christmas (TV special, executive producer)
2012: Freddie Flintoff: Hidden Side of Sport (TV documentary film, associate producer)
2012: The Brit Awards 2012 (TV special, producer)
2012: Gary Barlow: On Her Majesty's Service (TV documentary, executive producer)
2012: Flintoff: From Lord's to the Ring (TV Series, associate producer)
2012: When Robbie Met James (TV special, executive producer)
2013: The BRIT Awards 2013 (TV Special, producer)
2013: One Direction: This Is Us (Documentary, producer)
2013: The Class of 92 (Documentary, associate producer)
2013: Robbie Williams One Night at the Palladium (TV special, executive producer)
2014: Gary Barlow Big Ben Bash Live (TV special, executive producer)
2014: The Brit Awards 2014 (TV Special, producer)
2014: The Michael McIntyre Chat Show (TV Mini-Series, executive producer for several episodes)
2014: When Corden Met Barlow (TV special, executive producer)
2014: The Guvnors (associate producer)
2014: One Direction: Where We Are - The Concert Film (Documentary, executive producer)
2015: American Express Unstaged: Disclosure (Short, executive producer)
2015: One Direction the London Sessions (TV special documentary, executive producer)
2015: Take That: These Days on Tour (TV special documentary, associate producer)
2015-present: The Late Late Show with James Corden (TV Series, executive producer)
2016: Jimmy Carr: Funny Business (Video documentary, associate producer)
2016: The 70th Annual Tony Awards (TV Special, producer)
2017: Carpool Karaoke (TV Series, executive producer)
2017: The 59th Annual Grammy Awards (TV Special, producer)
2017: Harry Styles: Behind the Album (Documentary, executive producer)
2017: Forbidden Games: The Justin Fashanu Story (Documentary, associate producer)

Personal life

Ben Winston is the son of Robert Winston and Lira Helen Feigenbaum. He is married to Meredith Winston and they have a daughter Ruby Winston.

References

^ BBC One: When Corden Met Barlow

External links

Ben Winston at IMDb

[1] BBC One: When Corden Met Barlow

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-'''Ben Winston''' is a producer and director, best known for being co-executive producer of ''[[The Late Late Show with James Corden]]'' alongside Rob Crabbe and Mike Gibbons. The talk show was launched in 2015. He is also renowned for producing a number of the annual [[Brit Awards]] from 2011 to 2014. He has also produced and directed a number of pop culture oriented films and documentaries and concerts.
+'''Ben Winston''' is a producer and director, best known for being co-executive producer of ''[[The Late Late Show with James Corden]]'' alongside Rob Crabbe and Mike Gibbons. The talk show was launched in 2015. He has collaborated with a number of artists, most notably [[One Direction]], [[JLS]], [[Gary Barlow]] and [[James Cordon]]. He has also produced and directed a number of pop culture oriented films and documentaries and concerts. He is also renowned for producing a number of the annual [[Brit Awards]] from 2011 to 2014. More recently he was a co-producer of US [[Grammy Awards]] and [[Tony Awards]].
 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]].<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0436ql3 BBC One: ''When Corden Met Barlow'']</ref> [[James Cordon]] 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 feature on ''The Late Late Show with James Corden'' and other specials.