Mel Stuart

American film director and producer (1928–2012)

0.45body-of-work score · ranked #1439 of 2631 directors · 2 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
September 2, 1928 · New York City
Died
August 9, 2012 · Beverly Hills
Nationality
United States
Work
film director, film producer, director, producer
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

  1. 1

    1971 · United Kingdom / United States · fantasy, musical, drama

    National Film Registry (inducted 2014)

    0.231 citation
  2. 2

    1973 · United States · documentary

    National Film Registry (inducted 2020)

    0.231 citation

Complete filmography

All 22 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

  • 1960The Dust Bowl
  • 1964Four Days in November
  • 1967China: The Roots of Madness
  • 1969If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
  • 1970I Love My Wife
  • 1971Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
  • 1972Communist Triumph And Consolidation, 1945-1971
  • 1972One Is a Lonely Number
  • 1973Wattstax
  • 1976Brenda Starr
  • 1976Life Goes to the Movies
  • 1976The Post-War Era
  • 1976The War Years
  • 1977The New Morality
  • 1978Mean Dog Blues
  • 1978Ruby and Oswald
  • 1979The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal
  • 1980Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
  • 1981The White Lions
  • 1997Man Ray: Prophet of the Avant Garde
  • 2000Running on the Sun: The Badwater 135
  • 2005The Hobart Shakespeareans