Winsome Sinclair
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October 27, 1965
- Casting director
- film producer
Winsome Sinclair | |
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| Born | Winsome G. M. Sinclair October 27, 1965 Jamaica |
| Died | August 12, 2024 (aged 58) Long Island, New York, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Florida A&M University |
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| Children | Two |
Winsome G.M. Sinclair (October 27, 1965 – August 12, 2024) was a Jamaican-born American casting director and film producer.[1] She was the founder and chairwoman of Winsome Sinclair and Associates, a global casting agency based out of Atlanta. Sinclair was a frequent collaborator with famed directors such as Spike Lee, John Singleton, Steven Spielberg, Lee Daniels, and the Hughes Brothers.[2] Notable films she worked on include 2 Fast 2 Furious, All Eyez On Me, Amistad, Jungle Fever, Malcolm X, and The Best Man.[2]
Born in Jamaica and raised in New York, Sinclair went to Uniondale High School and graduated from Florida A&M University. Her first casting director credit came in 1998 with Belly, starring Nas and DMX.[1]
In 2010, she was the Star Project Mentor at the 2010 American Black Film Festival.[3] She also produced movies, such as co-producing the 2017 Sam Pollard film Maynard, a bio-pic about Atlanta's first Black mayor, Maynard Jackson. The film was shown at film festivals such as Doc NYC and the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival.[4][5] Through her casting agency, she also took part in the launching of Kenneth Andam's book Scarlet Minor Chronicles.[6] She was a panelist at the 2018 For the academy's Careers in Film Summit in Atlanta, hosted by the African-American Film Critics Association.[7]
Sinclair had two adoptive sons. She died in hospice care due to colon cancer on August 12, 2024, at the age of 58.[1][2]