David Winning has been writing and directing films since high school. His first effort in 16mm was the short drama "SEQUENCE (1980). The film was later blown up to 35mm and Cannon International released it as a pre-feature short in the United Kingdom.

In 1983, based on the success of "SEQUENCE", Winning, at 22, began work on an expanded version of the earlier short though only shot on a shoe-string budget of $72,000 (CDN) it received festival attention and rave reviews. Cannon International screened the film in Milan, and released it in April 1988 and then it was released by Warner Home Video in 1989; selling over 20,000 cassettes.

Winning then went on to write and direct "KILLER IMAGE" starring Michael Ironside and veteran character actor M. Emmet Walsh. Montreal distributor, Malofilm, along with Los Angeles based producer, Pierre David helped finance the project, along with seed-money from the Alberta government. The film was released on Paramount Home Video and received its US premiere as a finalist at the 1992 Houston Film Festival.

Winning is a successful film and television director with thirteen Features to his credit and over Ninety episodes of television -- including work on Twenty different series. His first two independent features led to an award-winning 20 year stint as guest Director for Paramount Pictures Television, MGM, Cannell Films, ABC Television, Hallmark, Nickelodeon, Disney, PAX, NBC and FOX.

His episodic work has garnered international awards including many First Place Golds at the Houston Film Festivals, the 1995 Gold Hugo and Two Silver Hugo's from the Chicago International Film Festival, and four national GEMINI nominations for Best Director/Dramatic Series.

In 1996, his third feature, the Lance Henriksen thriller "PROFILE FOR MURDER" premiered on HBO. Also on HBO, the release of the Kim Cattrall/Eric McCormack thriller "EXCEPTION TO THE RULE" for ARTISAN and LION'S GATE FILMS which won Gold at the 1997 Houston Film Festival.

Winning began directing network television at age 27 for Paramount's "FRIDAY THE 13TH: THE SERIES". Then a two-season tour on Cannell's police series "STREET JUSTICE"; making a mark in the industry in Vancouver. From there he moved onto children's television; with four seasons on Nickelodeon's hit series "ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE DARK?" in Montreal and a simultaneous four seasons with Fox's "SWEET VALLEY HIGH" in Los Angeles. Two decades of episodic production led to work on the Showtime/Disney western anthology "DEAD MAN'S GUN", the USA Network series "MATRIX" with Carrie-Anne Moss, episodes of the comic book action series "NIGHTMAN" for Tribune, and the pilot and first six episodes of the UPN/FOX series "BREAKER HIGH" with Ryan Gosling.

In the summer of 1996 he re-teamed with Michael Ironside and Frederic Forrest for the Universal military thriller "ONE OF OUR OWN". Directing his first studio feature for 20th Century Fox, "TURBO: A POWER RANGERS MOVIE" which became the 4TH Highest selling Video in the U.S. in August 1997 (BILLBOARD).

Winning spent that fall shooting in Scotland with Jason Connery on the "MERLIN" project. Returning to Canada he directed the Patrick Duffy/Pam Dawber thriller "DON'T LOOK BEHIND YOU" which premiered to nearly 2 Million viewers on the Fox Family Channel.

In the last decade, he has been dividing time between episodic work on Pax's Angel series "TWICE IN A LIFETIME", Jack London's "CALL OF THE WILD", "EARTH: FINAL CONFLICT" and 4 Seasons on Gene Roddenberry's "ANDROMEDA" starring Kevin Sorbo.

Winning also directed DINOTOPIA for the 2002 primetime fall ABC Television season; location shooting for three months in Budapest, Hungary. He received the 2002 National Award from the Director's Guild of Canada for Outstanding Achievement in Drama.

In 2003, Winning directed the ghost fantasy Mary Higgins Clark's HE SEES YOU WHEN YOU'RE SLEEPING starring Erika Eleniak, Cameron Bancroft and Greg Evigan. His STARGATE: ATLANTIS Season One episode for MGM, “Childhood’s End” won 3 international awards for Direction; New York, Houston and Chicago.

In 2006 his Lifetime movie PAST SINS premiered in the US; starring Lauralee Bell (Young & Restless) and Rebecca Jenkins and in 2007 Winning finished work on a Trilogy of Monster movies for Sy Fy and RHI starring Bruce Dern, Kevin Sorbo and Robert Englund. Winning also directed episodes of Lifetime’s hit vampire series BLOOD TIES.

David Winning lives in Los Angeles and Canada.