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(s) | 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 | Francis Gudemann (1961 - 1994 (her death)) |
Children | 1 |
Awards | Directors Guild of America Award |
Robert Guenette (January 12, 1935 – October 31, 2003Directors Guild of America Award.
Guenette is considered one of the first documentary directors to introduce the "newsreel style" in documentaries.[2] He and his son, Mark, were co-founders of the International Documentary Association.[3]
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
- Our War in Vietnam (1962)
- National Geographic Specials(1965, TV series)
- They've Killed President Lincoln! (1971)
- Appointment with Destiny (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)
- The World Turned Upside Down (1973)
- Monsters! Mysteries or Myths? (1974)
- The Amazing World of Psychic Phenomena (1976)
- The Making of Star Wars (1977)
- Roots: One Year Later (1978)
- The Hanna-Barbera Hall of Fame: Yabba-Dabba-Doo 2(1979)
- SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
- Great Movie Stunts: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
- Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi (1983)
- Dinosaur! (1985)
- The Flintstones' 25th Anniversary Celebration (1986)
- Memories Then and Now (1988)
- Here's Looking at You, Warner Bros. (1991)
- Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper (1991)
- Crazy About the Movies: Ava Gardner (1992)
- Orson Welles: What Went Wrong? (1992)
- Celebration of a Life: Steven J. Ross Chairman of Time Warner (1993)
- Golf: The Greatest Game (1994)
- Heroes of the Game (1994)
- Celebrate the Century (1999, TV mini-series documentary)
- Legends, Icons and Superstars of the 20th Century: Five Pop Music Icons[4] (2001)
Director, TV movies
Producer, TV movies
- Victory at Entebbe (1976)
Producer, TV series
- Winners (two episodes in 1977 and 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
- New York Times
- ^ Source: Los Angeles Times
- ^ Source: Variety
- ^ The New York Times, review summary