Person Details

Birthday: 1928-09-02 22:51:16

Death: 2012-08-09 22:51:16

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA

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Movie Involvements: 32

TV Involvements: 6


Most Famous Work

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Mel Stuart  (born September 2, 1928) is an American film director and producer. 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

Most Famous Work

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
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7
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
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8
Welcome Back, Kotter
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7

Welcome Back, Kotter

(1975) Director
The Bell Telephone Hour
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6

The Bell Telephone Hour

(1959) Producer
The Chisholms
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6

The Chisholms

(1979) Director
Wattstax
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7

Wattstax

(1973) Producer
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
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6
Happy Anniversary 007: 25 Years of James Bond
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6

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