# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/margaret-j-winkler
# Generated: 2026-08-15T15:09:18.742Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/margaret-j-winkler"
name: "Margaret J. Winkler"
slug: "margaret-j-winkler"
description: "Margaret Winkler Mintz, known professionally as Margaret J. Winkler or M.J. Winkler, was an American film producer and distributor. A major figure in American animation history, Winkler is best known for founding the animation studio and distribution company Screen Gems, distributing the early silent animated short films of Max and Dave Fleischer, Pat Sullivan and Otto Messmer, as well as producing Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks' Alice Comedies. playing a crucial role in each of their histories. She was the first woman to distribute animated films, and to produce them as well. After marrying fellow film executive Charles Mintz and starting a family, Winkler retired from the film industry."
tagline: "American film producer"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/77/MJ_Winkler.jpg/330px-MJ_Winkler.jpg"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1895-04-22"
deathDate: "1990-06-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.789473684210526
  historical:           9.447808
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0935245/"
    handle:    "nm0935245"
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    title: "Маргарет Вінклер"
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    title: "Margaret J. Winkler"
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    title: "Margaret J. Winkler"
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    title: "Margaret J. Winkler"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump