Mel Stuart
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- September 2, 1928, New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- August 9, 2012
- Movies
- 26
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.
Best-Known Movies
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
1971
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
1969
Pure Imagination: The Story of 'Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory'
2001
Remembering Gene Wilder
2024
Wattstax
1973
Running on the Sun: The Badwater 135
2000
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
1980
Happy Anniversary 007: 25 Years of James Bond
1987
One Is a Lonely Number
1972
Four Days In November
1964
Filmography
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2010 | The Mystery of Sleep | Director, Writer |
| 2005 | The Hobart Shakespeareans | Director |
| 2000 | Running on the Sun: The Badwater 135 | Director |
| 1998 | Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy | Director, Producer |
| 1997 | Man Ray: Prophet of the Avant-Garde | Director |
| 1987 | Happy Anniversary 007: 25 Years of James Bond | Director, Producer |
| 1981 | The White Lions | Director |
| 1981 | Bill | Producer |
| 1980 | Sophia Loren: Her Own Story | Director |
| 1979 | The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal | Director |
| 1978 | Mean Dog Blues | Director |
| 1978 | Ruby and Oswald | Director |
| 1976 | Brenda Starr | Director |
| 1976 | LIFE Goes to the Movies | Director |
| 1973 | Wattstax | Producer, Director |
| 1972 | One Is a Lonely Number | Director |
| 1971 | Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory | Director |
| 1970 | I Love My Wife | Director |
| 1970 | The Unfinished Journey of Robert Kennedy | Director |
| 1969 | If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium | Director |
| 1967 | China: The Roots of Madness | Director |
| 1966 | The Making of the President: 1964 | Director |
| 1964 | Four Days In November | Director, Producer |
| 1963 | The Making of the President 1960 | Director |
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