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Mel Stuart (1928-2012) was an American film director and producer who made Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory and other features and documentaries. He won an Emmy, was nominated for an Oscar, and served as president of the International Documentary Association.
Mel Stuart (1928-2012) was a filmmaker who worked on Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971), The Making of the President 1960 (1963) and other projects. He was also a cousin of Stan Lee and a TV producer of Welcome Back, Kotter and Ripley's Believe It or Not!
- January 1, 1
- New York City, New York, USA
- January 1, 1
- Beverly Hills, California, USA
Aug 10, 2012 · Mel Stuart, who won three Emmy Awards as a producer or director of documentaries — two of them penetrating histories of presidential campaigns — but who also took a fantastical turn by directing...
Mel Stuart was a producer and director of documentaries and films, best known for Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971). He was a cousin of Stan Lee and died in 2012 in Beverly Hills.
- September 2, 1928
- August 9, 2012
Aug 11, 2012 · Mel Stuart — who was known as an eccentric and occasionally irascible character who frequently quoted Shakespeare and Lewis Carroll — said of the movie in a 2001 Times interview:...
Aug 24, 2012 · Mel Stuart was a prolific film director and producer, best known for his musical-fantasy adaptation of Roald Dahl's novel. He also made several documentaries on history, arts and politics, and won several Emmys and an Oscar nomination.
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Aug 10, 2012 · Mel Stuart, the director of the beloved childhood classic Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, died in Los Angeles on Thursday of cancer. He was 83.