Robert Guenette
Robert Guenette | |
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Born | Robert Guenette January 12, 1935 Holyoke, Massachusetts, United States |
Died | October 31, 2003 Los Angeles, California, United States | (aged 68)
Occupation | film director, screenwriter, television producer |
Years active | 1962–2001 |
Known for | Documentaries (The Making of Star Wars, The Man Who Saw Tomorrow, Dinosaur!...) |
Board member of | Robert Guenette Productions International Documentary Association |
Spouse(s) | Francis Gudemann (died in 1994) |
Children | 1 |
Robert Guenette (January 12, 1935, Holyoke, Massachusetts – October 31, 2003, Los Angeles, California) was an American film producer, screenwriter, film director, television director and television producer, recipient of the Directors Guild of America Award.
Guenette is considered one of the first documentary directors to introduce the "newsreel style" in documentaries.[1] He and his son, Mark, were co-founders of the International Documentary Association.[2]
Filmography[]
Writer, cinema[]
- The Defector (1966)
- The Tree (1969)
- The Mysterious Monsters (1975)
- The Man Who Saw Tomorrow (1981)
Director, cinema[]
- The Tree (1969)
- The Mysterious Monsters (1975)
- The Man Who Saw Tomorrow (1981)
Director, TV documentaries[]
- (1962)
- National Geographic Specials (1965, TV series)
- (1971)
- (1971-1973, TV series, Guenette directed 4 episodes out of a total of 7, and wrote 2)
- The Plot to Murder Hitler (1971)
- The Crucifixion of Jesus (1972)
- Cortez and Montezuma: The Conquest of an Empire (1972)
- Peary's Race for the North Pole (1973)
- (1973)
- (1974)
- (1976)
- The Making of Star Wars (1977)
- (1978)
- The Hanna-Barbera Hall of Fame: Yabba-Dabba-Doo 2 (1979)
- SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
- (1981)
- Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi (1983)
- Dinosaur! (1985)
- The Flintstones' 25th Anniversary Celebration (1986)
- (1988)
- (1991)
- (1991)
- (1992)
- (1992)
- (1993)
- (1994)
- (1994)
- (1999, TV mini-series documentary)
- [3] (2001)
Director, TV movies[]
- (1986)
Producer, TV movies[]
- Victory at Entebbe (1976)
Producer, TV series[]
- (1978, as executive producer)
Awards[]
Nominees[]
- 1972: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Any Area of Creative Technical Crafts (for The Plot to Murder Hitler)
- 1978: Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Entertainment Special (for the episode "I Can" from the series Winners)
- 1978: Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Entertainment Special (for the episode "Journey Together" from the series Winners)
- 1982: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Special (for Great Movie Stunts: Raiders of the Lost Ark)
Won[]
- 1982: Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary[note 1] (for Great Movie Stunts: Raiders of the Lost Ark)
- 2001: International Documentary Association Pioneer Award
Notes[]
- ^ In 1991 this award saw its name changed to Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Documentaries
References[]
Categories:
- 1935 births
- 2003 deaths
- Deaths from brain tumor
- American film directors
- American film producers
- American television producers
- American male screenwriters
- Directors Guild of America Award winners
- 20th-century American male writers
- 20th-century American screenwriters