In the 1970s, Winters ran Winters-Rosen a production house, where he produced, directed, and choreographed television specials.

She eventually caught him and made a deal to make him stop: if he did his bar mitzvah, she would bring him to dance classes.

By the age of 14 he had worked with Jackie Gleason, Martha Raye, Mindy Carson, Sarah Churchill, Wally Cox, George Jessel, Ella Raines, Paul Douglas, and Perry Como.

[6] In the musical, Winters alongside Yuriko, Eliot Feld, Muriel Mannings, and Betty Ageloff played a group of kids.

[9] Later that year, he played the role of Baby John in the original Broadway production of West Side Story.

[12] The show was produced by David Merrick and directed and choreographed by Jerome Robbins Critic Frank Rich has referred to it as one of the more influential stagings of a musical in American theatrical history.

[15] In 1961, he appeared as A-Rab in the movie version of West Side Story directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins.

[16] He and Carole D'Andrea, Jay Norman, Tommy Abbott, William Bramley and Tony Mordente were the only actors to have been cast in both the original Broadway show and the motion picture.

[17] During that time and moving forward to 1967, he acted regularly on television, he was seen in 77 Sunset Strip, Perry Mason, The Dick Powell Show, and more.

[18][additional citation(s) needed] On January 30, 1963, the play Billy Liar made its American premiere with Winters in the title role.

[19] Margaret Harford of the Los Angeles Times liked the acting and said that Winters played the role with "coltish swagger".

[22] That year Winters choreographed Norman Jewison's Send Me No Flowers,[23] Don Weis' Pajama Party,[24] and Steve Binder's T.A.M.I.

Show would go on to be deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in 2006 in the National Film Registry.

[28] In 1965, he choreographed two musicals starring Elvis Presley: Boris Sagal's Girl Happy and Norman Taurog's Tickle Me.

[33] That year, on the tv show Hullabaloo, he choreographed popular dances of the 1960s, including the Watusi, and originated the Freddy.

[36][37] Also that year he acted in The Crazy-Quilt by John Korty,[38] and The David Winters Dancers also appeared in the television special MJ's.

[39] Finally he choreographed two more Ann-Margret films Boris Sagal's Made in Paris,[40] and George Sidney's The Swinger.

[50] That year, separately from Winters/Rosen, he choreographed and performed with his troupe on the television special Monte Carlo: C'est La Rose, hosted by Princess Grace Kelly.

[57] Winters said that at the time Newman had publicly stated he didn't want to do television and turned it down for this reason until he pitched his vision to him.

[58] The project marked Newman's return to television after a decade long absence,[59] and his first time as the lead of a program.

[60] During post-production, Winters said that Newman, who liked what he saw, gave him the idea to add some footage to sell it as a theatrical film worldwide.

[61] Upon its release, the documentary generally received good reviews for its directing, pace, photography, music, and human interest stories.

[74] That year, he produced Timex All-Star Swing Festival (which won the Peabody Award and a Christopher Award for Winters as its producer), a live concert with performances by jazz musicians Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, Dave Brubeck, Benny Goodman, Gene Krupa, etc.

[83] Also in 1979, Diana Ross In Concert premiered on television, Winters conceived and directed the stage production.

[91] In 1984 he directed the documentary That Was Rock, hosted by Chuck Berry,[92] and a television adaptation of Steadfast Tin Soldier.

Set in Los Angeles, it's about Cory (Brolin), a teenage competitive skateboarder, and his romance with Chrissy (Gidley).

[citation needed] Prior to the casting of Brolin, Winters wanted Johnny Depp to play Cory.

Being emotionally troubled and with a funeral to attend, Winters was unable to perform his duties and passed it on to his assistant director Neal Sundstorm.

[106][107][108] That year, Winters produced Dead End City,[109] Death Chase,[110] Night Wars,[111] and Phoenix The Warrior.

[114] Winters would go on to produce The Bounty Hunter (1989),[115] Order of Eagle (1989),[116] Future Force (1989),[117] Time Burst - The Final Alliance (1989),[118] Deadly Reactor (1989),[119] Hell on the Battleground (1989),[120] Jungle Assault (1989),[121] The Revenger (1990),[122] Fatal Skies (1990),[123] Future Zone (1990),[124] Deadly Dancer (1990),[125] Operation Warzone (1990),[126] Rapid Fire (1990),[127] The Shooters (1990),[128] The Final Sanction (1990),[129] Lock 'n' Load (1990),[130] Born Killer (1990),[131] Invasion Force (1990),[132] Firehead (1991),[133] Dark Rider (1991),[134] Raw Nerve (1991),[135] Maximum Breakout (1991),[136] Cop-Out (1991),[137] Presumed Guilty (1991),[138] The Last Ride (1991),[139] White Fury (1991),[140] Center of the Web (1992),[141] Armed for Action (1992),[142] Blood on the Badge (1992),[143] and Double Threat (1993).