{"id":22031,"date":"2012-08-12T19:02:35","date_gmt":"2012-08-12T09:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/?p=22031"},"modified":"2012-08-12T19:02:35","modified_gmt":"2012-08-12T09:32:35","slug":"vale-mel-stuart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/2012\/08\/12\/vale-mel-stuart\/","title":{"rendered":"Vale – Mel Stuart"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mel Stuart – 1928-2012<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The man who directed the original film version of Roald Dahl’s story about a boy visiting a Chocolate Factory has passed away. Mel Stuart, best known as the man behind the camera on Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory<\/em>, as well as films such as Four Days In November<\/em>, I Love My Wife, Wattstax<\/em> and Two Is A Happy Number<\/em>, was also a prolific television producer and director; he worked on projects such as Welcome Back Kotter<\/em> and The Chisholms<\/em>, among many others.<\/p>\n

Mr Stuart has been nominated for numerous Emmy Awards, as well as an Oscar Nomination for Four Days In November<\/em>, a documentary about the JFK assassination released barely a year after the actual event.<\/p>\n

Mr Stuart passed away on August 9, aged 83.<\/p>\n

For giving us the defining role of Gene Wilder, we salute Mel Stuart today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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