Known For
Directing
Born
Sep 02, 1928
Died
Aug 09, 2012
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Credits
35 titles
Mel Stuart
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 Factory (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
Known For
Filmography
Remembering Gene Wilder
Self
The Mystery of Sleep
Writer
The Hobart Shakespeareans
Director
After They Were Famous
Self
Pure Imagination: The Story of 'Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory'
Self
Running on the Sun: The Badwater 135
Director
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
Executive Producer
Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy
Director
Man Ray: Prophet of the Avant-Garde
Director
Happy Anniversary 007: 25 Years of James Bond
Director
The White Lions
Director
Bill
Producer
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
Director
The Chisholms
Director
The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal
Director
Mean Dog Blues
Director
Ruby and Oswald
Director
Brenda Starr
Director
LIFE Goes to the Movies
Director
Welcome Back, Kotter
Director
Wattstax
Director
One Is a Lonely Number
Director
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Director
I Love My Wife
Director
The Unfinished Journey of Robert Kennedy
Director
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
Director
Turn-On
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
Executive Producer
China: The Roots of Madness
Director
The Making of the President: 1964
Director
The Thin Blue Line
Executive Producer
The Teen-Age Revolution
Executive Producer
The Bold Men
Executive Producer
Four Days In November
Director
The Making of the President 1960
Director