Mel Stuart
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday2 September 1928
Died9 August 2012 (age 83)
Place of birthNew York City, New York, USA
Known credits35
Biography
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 …
Remembering Gene Wilder
2024 · Self
The Mystery of Sleep
2010 · Writer
The Mystery of Sleep
2010 · Director
The Hobart Shakespeareans
2005 · Director
After They Were Famous
2002 · Self
Pure Imagination: The Story of 'Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory'
2001 · Self
Running on the Sun: The Badwater 135
2000 · Director
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
1998 · Producer
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
1998 · Executive Producer
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
1998 · Director
Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy
1998 · Director
Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy
1998 · Producer
Man Ray: Prophet of the Avant-Garde
1997 · Director
Happy Anniversary 007: 25 Years of James Bond
1987 · Director
Happy Anniversary 007: 25 Years of James Bond
1987 · Producer
The White Lions
1981 · Director
Bill
1981 · Producer
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
1980 · Director
The Chisholms
1979 · Director
The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal
1979 · Director
Mean Dog Blues
1978 · Director
Ruby and Oswald
1978 · Director
Brenda Starr
1976 · Director
LIFE Goes to the Movies
1976 · Director
Welcome Back, Kotter
1975 · Director
Wattstax
1973 · Director
Wattstax
1973 · Producer
One Is a Lonely Number
1972 · Director
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
1971 · Director
I Love My Wife
1970 · Director
The Unfinished Journey of Robert Kennedy
1970 · Director
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
1969 · Director
Turn-On
1969
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
1968 · Executive Producer
China: The Roots of Madness
1967 · Director
The Making of the President: 1964
1966 · Director
The Thin Blue Line
1966 · Executive Producer
The Teen-Age Revolution
1965 · Executive Producer
The Bold Men
1965 · Executive Producer
Four Days In November
1964 · Director
Four Days In November
1964 · Producer
The Making of the President 1960
1963 · Director
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