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David L. Wolper

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American television producer (1928-2010)

United StatesDirectorsLived 1928 to 2010 · aged 82
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A. Confidential (1997). He was awarded the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the 57th Academy Awards in 1985 for his work producing the opening and closing ceremonies of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, as well as helping to bring the games there.

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Filmography 40

L.A. Confidential1997 · ★ 7.8
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory1971 · ★ 7.5
Murder in the First1995 · ★ 7.1
The Bridge at Remagen1969 · ★ 6.7
Surviving Picasso1996 · ★ 5.8
The Devil's Brigade1968 · ★ 6.3
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium1969
Becoming Cousteau2021
Without Warning1994
This Is Elvis1981
The Flood: Who Will Save Our Children?1993
The Hellstrom Chronicle1971
Victory at Entebbe1976
The Plot to Kill Hitler1990
The Man Who Saw Tomorrow1981
Pure Imagination: The Story of 'Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory'2001
Remembering Gene Wilder2024
Murder Is Easy1982
Wattstax1973
Terror in the Mall1998
Visions of Eight1973
When You Remember Me1990
Roots: The Gift1988
Color Adjustment1992
King, Queen, Knave1972
I Will Fight No More Forever1985
The Scarlett O'Hara War1980
One Is a Lonely Number1972
Four Days In November1964
Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald1993
Dillinger1991
Prince for a Day1995
I Love My Wife1970
This Year's Blonde1980
Here's Looking At You, Warner Bros.1991
The Silent Lovers1980
The Race for Space1959
To Serve and Protect1999
The Incredible World of James Bond1965
Bed of Lies1992

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North and South1985
The Thorn Birds1983
Bambi1948
The Mists of Avalon2001
Film '721971
Roots: The Next Generations1979
Alex Haley's Queen1993
Get Christie Love!1974
Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story1987
Lincoln1974
The Mystic Warrior1984
A Will of their Own1998
Roots 30th Anniversary Edition2007

Awards 4

1985Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
1984International Emmy Founders Award
1960Golden Plate Award
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

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About this person

David Lloyd Wolper was an American television and film producer, responsible for shows such as Roots, The Thorn Birds, and North and South, and the theatrically-released films Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) and L.A. Confidential (1997). He was awarded the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the 57th Academy Awards in 1985 for his work producing the opening and closing ceremonies of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, as well as helping to bring the games there. His 1971 film about the study of insects, The Hellstrom Chronicle, won an Academy Award.

Country
United States
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1928 to 2010 · aged 82
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