Mel Stuart
Directing
Born September 2, 1928 in New York City, New York, USA
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).
Filmography
Remembering Gene Wilder
Self
The Mystery of Sleep
The Hobart Shakespeareans
After They Were Famous
Self
Pure Imagination: The Story of 'Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory'
Self
Running on the Sun: The Badwater 135
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy
Man Ray: Prophet of the Avant-Garde
Happy Anniversary 007: 25 Years of James Bond
The White Lions
Bill
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
The Chisholms
The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal
Mean Dog Blues
Ruby and Oswald
Brenda Starr
LIFE Goes to the Movies
Welcome Back, Kotter
Wattstax
One Is a Lonely Number
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
I Love My Wife
The Unfinished Journey of Robert Kennedy
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
Turn-On
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
China: The Roots of Madness
The Making of the President: 1964
The Thin Blue Line
The Bold Men
Four Days In November
The Making of the President 1960