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David L. Wolper
American television producer (1928-2010) · United States · On the map · Directors · Died at 82
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).
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Roots 30th Anniversary EditionSeries, Creator2001
The Mists of AvalonSeries, Producer
Pure Imagination: The Story of 'Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory'Film, 20011998
A Will of their OwnSeries, Producer
Terror in the MallFilm, 1998Producer1996
Surviving PicassoFilm, Producer1994
Without WarningFilm, Producer1992
Bed of LiesFilm, Producer1990
The Plot to Kill HitlerFilm, Producer1987
BiographySeries, Creator1985Jean Hersholt Humanitarian AwardAward
North and SouthSeries, 1985Producer1984International Emmy Founders AwardAward
The Mystic WarriorSeries, 1984Producer1983
The Thorn BirdsSeries, Producer1981
The Man Who Saw TomorrowFilm, Producer1976
Victory at EntebbeFilm, Producer1974
Get Christie Love!Series, Producer1973
Visions of EightFilm, Producer1971Film '72Series
The Hellstrom ChronicleFilm, 1971Producer1969
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be BelgiumFilm, Producer1965
The Incredible World of James BondFilm, Producer1960Golden Plate AwardAward1959
The Race for SpaceFilm, Director, Writer1948
BambiSeries1928Born11 January 1928People around David
Mel Stuart Also in Four Days In November (1964)
Jean Simmons David produced The Thorn Birds (1983)
Ben Gazzara David produced The Bridge at Remagen (1969)
Robert Vaughn David produced The Bridge at Remagen (1969)
LeVar Burton David produced Roots and Roots: The Gift
Olivia Cole David produced Roots and North and South
David Seltzer Also in The Hellstrom Chronicle (1971)
Garson Kanin Also in The Scarlett O'Hara War (1980)- John Erman Also in The Scarlett O'Hara War (1980)
John de Lancie David produced The Thorn Birds (1983)
Lesley-Anne Down David produced North and South (1985)
Norman Fell David produced If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1970)
Vince Edwards David produced The Devil's Brigade (1968)- Günter Meisner David produced The Bridge at Remagen (1969)
Jim Metzler David produced North and South (1986)
Leonard Stone David produced Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (2009)
Elizabeth Taylor David produced North and South (1994)
Anthony Hopkins David produced Surviving Picasso (1997)
Johnny Cash David produced North and South (1985)
Christopher Plummer David produced The Thorn Birds (1983)
Gina Lollobrigida David produced King, Queen, Knave (1978)
Vittorio De Sica David produced If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1970)
Patrick Swayze David produced North and South (1994)
Richard Chamberlain David produced The Thorn Birds (1983)
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L.A. Confidential 1997
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory 1971
Murder in the First 1995
The Bridge at Remagen 1969
The Devil's Brigade 1968
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Filmography 40
67 credits on file
Television 15
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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.
