
Mel Stuart
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 direct…
Known For
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Director
Welcome Back, Kotter
Director
Pure Imagination: The Story of 'Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory'
Self
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
Director
Wattstax
Director
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
Director
Happy Anniversary 007: 25 Years of James Bond
Director
Running on the Sun: The Badwater 135
Director
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Filmography
Acting (3)
Crew (38)
Movies (33)
The Mystery of Sleep
2010Director
The Mystery of Sleep
2010Writer
The Hobart Shakespeareans
2005Director
Running on the Sun: The Badwater 135
2000Director
Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy
1998Director
Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy
1998Producer
Man Ray: Prophet of the Avant-Garde
1997Director
Happy Anniversary 007: 25 Years of James Bond
1987Director
Happy Anniversary 007: 25 Years of James Bond
1987Producer
The White Lions
1981Director
Bill
1981Producer
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
1980Director
The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal
1979Director
Ruby and Oswald
1978Director
Mean Dog Blues
1978Director
Brenda Starr
1976Director
LIFE Goes to the Movies
1976Director
Wattstax
1973Director
Wattstax
1973Producer
One Is a Lonely Number
1972Director
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
1971Director
I Love My Wife
1970Director
The Unfinished Journey of Robert Kennedy
1970Director
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
1969Director
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
1968Executive Producer
China: The Roots of Madness
1967Director
The Thin Blue Line
1966Executive Producer
The Making of the President: 1964
1966Director
The Bold Men
1965Executive Producer
The Teen-Age Revolution
1965Executive Producer
Four Days In November
1964Director
Four Days In November
1964Producer
The Making of the President 1960
1963Director
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