Mel Stuart

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Mel Stuart
Born	September 2, 1928 (1928-09-02) (age 83) New York City, New York
Occupation	Director Producer

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), Two is a Happy Number (1972) 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 180 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.

Selected Filmography

• Four Days in November (1964)
• If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969)
• I Love My Wife (1970)
• Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory (1971)
• Two is a Happy Number (1972)
• Wattstax (1974)
• Brenda Starr (1976) (TV)
• Welcome Back, Kotter (1977) (TV)
• Ruby and Oswald (1978) (TV)
• Mean Dog Blues (1978)
• The Chisholms (1980) (TV)

External links

• Mel Stuart at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Stuart, Mel
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Date of birth	2 September 1928
Place of birth	New York City, New York
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