Mel Stuart
Director, Producer, Actor, Writer
September 2, 1928 — August 9, 2012 (83 years)
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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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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| 1998 | AFI 100 Years 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies · as Executive Producer |
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| 1982 | Ripley's Believe It or Not! (1982) · as Executive Producer |
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| 1974 | Birds Do It, Bees Do It · as Executive Producer |
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| 1968 | The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich · as Executive Producer |
| 1966 | The Thin Blue Line · as Executive Producer |
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| 1962 | Hollywood: The Fabulous Era · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | Remembering Gene Wilder · as Self |
| 2012 | Casting By · as Self |
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| 2010 | Hollywood Treasure · as Self |
| 2010 | With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story · as SelfOn Plex |
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| 2005 | The 100 Greatest Family Films · as Self |
| 2003 | The 100 Greatest Musicals · as Self |
| 1999 | After They Were Famous · as Self |
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| 1998 | AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: In Search of · as Co-Executive Producer |
| 1992 | Tom and Jerry: The Movie · as Co-Executive Producer |
| 1982 | Ripley's Believe It or Not! (1982) · as Written By |
| 1975 | Welcome Back, Kotter · as Written By |