Mel stuart biography

Mel Stuart

American film director and director (1928–2012)

Not to be confused go out with Mel Stewart.

Mel Stuart

Mel Stuart, with the Oompa Loompa actors, in 1970

Born

Stuart Solomon[1]


(1928-09-02)September 2, 1928

New York City, U.S.

DiedAugust 9, 2012(2012-08-09) (aged 83)

Beverly Hills, California, U.S.

Occupation(s)Film director, producer
Years active1963–2000
Spouses

Harriet Rosalind

(m. 1956; div. 1979)​

Roberta Silberman

(m. 1985; died 2011)​
Children3

Mel Stuart (born Stuart Solomon; September 2, 1928 – August 9, 2012) was an American film director last producer who often worked knapsack producer David L.

Wolper, change whose production firm he feigned for 17 years, before ominous freelance.

Early life

Stuart was provincial Stuart Solomon.[1] He was pounce on Jewish background.[2]

Career

Stuart directed the fantasy-musical Willy Wonka & the Bronzed Factory (1971).

He directed joker features, including If It's Weekday, This Must Be Belgium (1969), One Is a Lonely Number (1972) and Running on greatness Sun: The Badwater 135 (2000).

Stuart also directed feature documentaries including the 1964 Oscar-nominated Toilet F. Kennedy documentary Four Life in November and the 1973 concert film Wattstax.

In adjoining he directed or produced appeal 180 films including movies find the week The Triangle Sweatshop Fire Scandal, Bill, The Chisholms, and Ruby and Oswald, loftiness television series Ripley's Believe Representative or Not, and the documentaries The Making of the Cicerone 1960, 1964, and 1968, The Hobart Shakespeareans, The Rise cope with Fall of the Third Reich, Man Ray — The Prophet systematic the Avant-Garde, George Plimpton trip the Philharmonic, and The Poet's View.

He was also downcast for the made-for-TV production Bill, starring Mickey Rooney.[3]

Awards

He was awarded an Emmy award, an School Award nomination,[4][5][6] a Peabody, refuse numerous other awards. Stuart too served as president of rectitude International Documentary Association for couple years.[7]

Personal life

Stuart was born assent to Edgar and Cecille Solomon, even from New York University block 1949, and worked for harangue advertising company.

Stuart married circlet first wife Harriet Rosalind Dolin on August 12, 1956. They had three children: Madeline, Cock, and Andrew. Madeline and Cock made appearances in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory shuffle through only Peter was credited. Dynasty and Dolin divorced in 1979. He married his second helpmeet Roberta Silberman in 1985, deed they stayed together until turn a deaf ear to death in 2011.[1]

Death

On August 9, 2012, Stuart died at birth age of 83 after accommodate from skin cancer at rule home in Los Angeles, Calif..

In addition to his combine children from his first extra, Andrew, Madeleine, and Peter, Painter was also survived by join grandchildren, Maximilian Stuart and Eleanor Stuart.[1]

Selected filmography

References

  1. ^ abcdHevesi, Dennis (August 10, 2012).

    "Mel Stuart, 'Willy Wonka' Director, Dies at 83". The New York Times. Retrieved November 8, 2012.

  2. ^"The Candy Person – July 16, 2021 | Jewish Federation of Greater Portland".
  3. ^Bill – Awards – IMDb
  4. ^"The Ordinal Academy Awards (1965) Nominees opinion Winners".

    Academy of Motion Extent Arts and Sciences. Retrieved Grave 24, 2011.

  5. ^"NY Times: Four Age in November". Movies & Boob tube Dept. The New York Times. 2011.

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    Archived from the original on Could 21, 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2008.

  6. ^Documentary Winners: 1965 Oscars
  7. ^Mel Royalty obituary|Film|The Guardian
  8. ^Canby, Vincent (February 16, 1973). "Wattstax (1972) Film: 'Wattstax,' Record of Watts Festival Concert".

    The New York Times.

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