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Robert Guenette
Robert Guenette
Born
Robert Guenette

(1935-01-12)January 12, 1935
Holyoke, Massachusetts, United States
DiedOctober 31, 2003(2003-10-31) (aged 68)
Los Angeles, California, United States
Cause of deathBrain tumor
Occupation(s)film director, screenwriter, television producer
Years active1962–2001
Known forDocumentaries (The Making of Star Wars, The Man Who Saw Tomorrow, Dinosaur!...)
Board member ofRobert Guenette Productions
International Documentary Association
SpouseFrancis Gudemann (died in 1994)
ChildrenMark Guenette
RelativesHis brothers and sisters are[1] Bernard Guenette (✝), Alfred Guenette (✝), Gareth Atwell (✝), Bruce W. Atwell[2] (✝), Sheila Kurtz and Sharon Atwell

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 as one of the first documentary directors to introduce the "newsreel style" in documentaries.[3] He and his son, Mark, were co-founders of the International Documentary Association.[4][5]

Filmography

Writer, cinema

Director, cinema

Director, TV documentaries

Director, TV movies

Producer, TV movies

Producer, TV series

  • Winners (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

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