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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!
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- New York City, New York, USA
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- Beverly Hills, California, USA
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 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...
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:...
Jun 24, 2021 · On a whirlwind tour of Willy’s incredible, edible realm of chocolate waterfalls, elfish Oompa-Loompas and industrial-sized confections, a boy named Charlie (Peter Ostrum) will discover the ...
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Mel Stuart. Mel Stuart (born Stuart Solomon; September 2, 1928 – August 9, 2012) was an American director and producer who is known for directing such movies as; Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Two is a Happy Number, and Running on the Sun: The Badwater 135. Stuart's career worked for 37 years from 1963 until he retired in 2000.
