Mel Stuart
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- DocumentaryWattstax
- DocumentaryWattstax
- AdventureIf It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
- FamilyWilly Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
- DocumentaryPure Imagination: The Story of 'Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory'
- DocumentaryHappy Anniversary 007: 25 Years of James Bond
- DramaSophia Loren: Her Own Story
- DocumentaryFour Days In November
- DramaMean Dog Blues
- DramaBill
- AdventureBuana
- DocumentaryThe Making of the President 1960
- DocumentaryThe Thin Blue Line
- ComedyI Love My Wife
- DocumentaryThe Teen-Age Revolution
- DocumentaryLife Goes to the Movies
- AdventureBrenda Starr
- DocumentaryRunning on the Sun: The Badwater 135
- DocumentaryThe Hobart Shakespeareans
- DocumentaryThe Unfinished Journey of Robert Kennedy
- DocumentaryMan Ray: Prophet of the Avant Garde
- DocumentaryBilly Wilder: The Human Comedy
- DocumentaryThe Mystery of Sleep
- DocumentaryChina: The Roots of Madness
- DocumentaryHappy Anniversary 007: 25 Years of James Bond
- DocumentaryFour Days In November
- DramaRuby and Oswald
- DocumentaryThe Mystery of Sleep
- DocumentaryBilly Wilder: The Human Comedy
- DramaThe Triangle Factory Fire Scandal
- MusicThe Bell Telephone Hour
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Mel Stuart
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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.
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- New York City, New York, USA
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