Given the question: Facts:     - birth date: 20 april 1954    - name: paul winters    - birth place: pennsylvania , united states    - occupation: film director , screenwriter , actor , film editor   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of paul winters .
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paul winters -lrb- born april 20 , 1954 in pennsylvania -rrb- is an american filmmaker , writer , and actor .he played colonel ben loftin in the film `` nate and the colonel '' -lrb- which also starred ricco ross as nate -rrb- .during the 1990s he co-produced gahan wilson 's `` diner '' -lrb- an animated 35 mm feature short by cartoonist gahan wilson -rrb- for 20th century fox .winters was a co-producer on the cbs pilot `` it 's true '' -lrb- starring mark hamill and dean stockwell -rrb- .in 2001 , winter co-executive produced -lrb- for showtime -rrb- the pilot `` the kid '' -lrb- starring ed asner , lolita davidovich , eugene levy , william shatner , and jennifer tilly -rrb- .winters wrote and directed `` red blood '' -lrb- starring david midthunder -rrb- , and nate and the colonel .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 , teruyuki okazaki , harry hamzy , al dacascos , mark dacascos , robert sandmaier , bill owens , royce gracie , helio gracie , rorion gracie , ryron gracie , rener gracie , rickson gracie , and wellington `` megaton '' dias .paul winters is currently studying brazilian jiu-jitsu under royce gracie , and with john crouch at the mma lab in arizona .