Born in June 22 1975 thirty or so miles east of San Francisco in Martinez California to an artistic flower child mother and a vagabond alcoholic father that stuck around just long enough to learn what his first son had been named Nathaniel Forrest Winters was a quiet analytical and well mannered child with an eye for details and a passion for performing Around the age of six Winters and his family were introduced to Victor Salva an ambitious 23yr old amateur filmmaker that at the time was working at a daycare Salva quickly became a close and trusted friend to Winters and his family At age nine after much deliberation and protests from Salva Nathan convinced Victor to allow him the chance to audition for a part in his newest project Something in the Basement Out of nineteen young and hopeful males Winters won the starring role Also cast in this 28minute short film was Winters ClownHouse costar Brian Mchugh Something In The Basement would go on to win first place in its category at the Sony Film Festival in San Francisco as well as to win the attention of one of the judges Hollywood elitist Francis Ford Coppola With Coppola on as producer and a legitimate budget Salva set out to write the 1989 cult classic ClownHouse with Winters in mind as his lead role Casey Collins The film would be shot on a grueling schedule in 30 days One of the perks of working underneath Coppolas umbrella the entire film was shot with the same cameras that George Lucas used to shoot American Graffiti The downside to this was the noise made by the cameras was obnoxiously overbearing They were so loud in fact every bit of dialogue and sound had to be dubbed over Just as postproduction began Winters found the courage to tell his mother the truth and confirm her suspicions Salva was arrested and charged with 11 counts of child molestation With the financial and moral support of Coppola he would only be convicted of the four least severe charges including but not limited to soliciting and procuring a child under 14 for pornography Salva was sentenced to three years for a crime that took him six years to commit He only served fifteen months Winters has since been a powerful voice and advocate working to promote a raised awareness towards the prevention of sexual abuse He has said that being told at the age of 12 by Coppola that he would never work in the industry again really left a sour and bitter taste for the film industry Winters began writing and performing music at age 15 and found his true calling As frontman and mastermind behind his music project 7he Seven Stone he has recently finished his first film score for his upcoming documentary 7he 6oy due for release October 31st 2019 directed by Connar Frazier A powerful no punches held back survivor story that chronicles the darkness of childhood sexual abuse and his journey of healing that has led him to where he is today
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