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Mel Stuart

Mel Stuart

Known For Directing
Birthday Sep 02, 1928
Died Aug 09, 2012 (83)
Birthplace New York City, New York, USA
Popularity 0.4 (history)
Updated Dec 19, 2024 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

Mel Stuart (born Stuart Solomon; September 2, 1928 – August 9, 2012) was an American film director and producer who often worked with producer David L. Wolper, at whose production firm he worked for 17 years, before going freelance. Stuart directed the fantasy-musical Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Fa ... ctory (1971). He has directed other features, including If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969), One Is a Lonely Number (1974) and Running on the Sun: The Badwater 135 (2000). Stuart also directed feature documentaries including Four Days in November and Wattstax. In addition he has directed or produced over 150 films including movies of the week, The Triangle Factory Fire, Bill, The Chisholms, and Ruby and Oswald, the television series Ripley's Believe it Not, and the documentaries The Making of the President 1960, 1964, and 1968, The Hobart Shakespeareans, Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, Man Ray - The Prophet of the Avant-Garde, George Plimpton and the Philharmonic and The Poet's View. He has been awarded four Emmy awards, an Academy Award nomination, a Peabody and numerous other awards. He served as president of the International Documentary Association for two years. He was related to TV producer David L. Wolper. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mel Stuart, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

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The Mystery of Sleep

The Mystery of Sleep

2010

Writer

Bill

Bill

1981

Producer

Wattstax

Wattstax

1973

Producer

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

1968

Executive Producer

The Thin Blue Line

The Thin Blue Line

1966

Executive Producer

The Bold Men

The Bold Men

1965

Executive Producer

The Teen-Age Revolution

The Teen-Age Revolution

1965

Executive Producer

Four Days In November

Four Days In November

1964

Producer

Organization Category Movie
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Turn-On

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Feb 05, 1969

After They Were Famous

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 30, 2002

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