Paul Winters is an American

United States

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 filmmaker, writer, and actor. He played Colonel Ben Loftin in the film Nate and the Colonel

Nate and the Colonel

Nate and the Colonel is a 2003 western film that was written/directed and edited by filmmaker Paul Winters. The film also stars Winters as Colonel Ben Loftin and Ricco Ross as Nate. "Nate and the Colonel" is the first feature film to use the Native American Ojibwe language...

(which also starred Ricco Ross

Ricco Ross

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 as Nate).

During the 1990s he co-produced Gahan Wilson's Diner

Diner

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(an animated 35 mm feature short by cartoonist Gahan Wilson

Gahan Wilson

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) for 20th Century Fox

20th Century Fox

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. Winters was a co-producer on the CBS

CBS

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 pilot "It's True" (starring Mark Hamill

Mark Hamill

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 and Dean Stockwell

Dean Stockwell

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). In 2001, Winter co-executive produced (for Showtime) the pilot "The Kid" (starring Ed Asner

Ed Asner

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, Lolita Davidovich

Lolita Davidovich

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, Eugene Levy

Eugene Levy

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, William Shatner

William Shatner

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, and Jennifer Tilly

Jennifer Tilly

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). Winters wrote and directed Red Blood

Red blood

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(starring David Midthunder), and Nate and the Colonel

Nate and the Colonel

Nate and the Colonel is a 2003 western film that was written/directed and edited by filmmaker Paul Winters. The film also stars Winters as Colonel Ben Loftin and Ricco Ross as Nate. "Nate and the Colonel" is the first feature film to use the Native American Ojibwe language...

.

Training in the martial arts since age 11, Paul Winters holds many belts in a variety of martial arts systems. He has trained with Dan Inosanto

Dan Inosanto

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, Teruyuki Okazaki

Teruyuki Okazaki

Teruyuki Okazaki , a tenth degree black belt in Shotokan Karate, is the founder, chairman and chief instructor of the International Shotokan Karate Federation . Along with Gichin Funakoshi and Masatoshi Nakayama, Okazaki helped found the Japan Karate Association's instructor training program.-Early...

, Harry Hamzy, Al Dacascos, Mark Dacascos

Mark Dacascos

Mark Alan Dacascos is an American actor and martial artist. He won numerous karate and various styles of kung fu championships between the ages of 7 and 18....

, Robert Sandmaier, Bill Owens, Royce Gracie

Royce Gracie

Royce Gracie is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist, a UFC Hall of Famer and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner. A legend and pioneer in the sport of mixed martial arts, he is widely considered to be the most influential figure in the history of modern MMA.Gracie gained fame for his...

, Helio Gracie

Hélio Gracie

Hélio Gracie was a Brazilian martial artist who, together with his brother Carlos Gracie, founded the martial art of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, known internationally as Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu...

, Rorion Gracie

Rorion Gracie

Rorion Gracie is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner and instructor, a prominent member of the Gracie family, and a founder of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is the oldest son of Hélio Gracie and one of the few people in the world to hold a 9th degree red belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu,...

, Ryron Gracie

Ryron Gracie

Ryron Gracie is a Brazilian American jiu-jitsu fighter and teacher specializing in Gracie Jiu-Jitsu. He is the eldest son of Rorion Gracie and lives and teaches at the Gracie Academy in Torrance, California. He is a member of the legendary Gracie family...

, Rener Gracie, and Rickson Gracie

Rickson Gracie

Rickson Gracie is a Brazilian 8th degree black and red belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and a retired mixed martial artist. He is a member of the Gracie family: the son of Hélio Gracie, brother to Rorion and Relson Gracie, and half-brother to Rolker, Royce, Robin and Royler Gracie.-Biography:Rickson...

. Paul Winters is currently studying Brazilian jiu-jitsu under Wellington "Megaton" Dias.

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