Bill Couturié
William Couturié is a film director and producer, best known for his work in the field of documentary film.
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Bill Couturié
- Born
- 1953
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- film producer · screenwriter · director
- Languages
- English
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Accolades
Accolades
He won the 1989 Academy Award for the AIDS documentary Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt that he produced with Rob Epstein and multiple Emmy Awards for his 1987 film Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam, which he wrote, produced, and directed.
Other works
Other works
Couturié was an early collaborator of filmmaker John Korty, working on his 1983 animated feature, Twice Upon a Time alongside George Lucas. His sole video game credit is serving as a producer on the Laserdisc arcade game Freedom Fighter, of which Charles Swenson and Ken Melville of Twice Upon a Time were also involved. More recently he co-produced and directed the film Guru of Go, a documentary for the ESPN 30 for 30 series about Paul Westhead' s unorthodox fast break basketball offense at Loyola Marymount University called "The System" featuring Gregory "Bo" Kimble and Hank Gathers.
Filmography
Filmography
• Can't It Be Anyone Else (1980); producer • Porklips Now (1980): producer • Twice Upon a Time (1983); producer and writer • Vietnam Requiem (1984); director and producer • Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (1987); director, producer and writer • Freedom Fighter (Laserdisc arcade game) (1987); producer • Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt (1989); producer • Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers (1991); director and producer • Earth and the American Dream (FI) (1992); director, producer and writer • Loyalty & Betrayal: The Story of the American Mob (1994); executive producer • Ed (1996); director and executive producer • A Place at the Table (2001); executive producer • Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks (2002); executive producer • The West Wing Documentary Special (2002); director and writer • Last Letters Home: Voices of American Troops from the Battlefields of Iraq (2004); director and producer • Into the Fire (2005); director and writer • Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (2006); director, producer and writer • The Alzheimer's Project (2009); director and producer (1 episode) • Guru of Go (2010); director and producer (featured on 30 for 30) • Thumbs (2011); director
Life and career
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Life and career
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1953
Bill Couturié born.
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- 1.The 62nd Academy Awards 1990. www.oscars.org. 2014-10-05.
- 2.Oscars. Documentary Winners: 1990 Oscars. 2015-06-26.
- 3.Bill Couturie. Television Academy.
- 4.Exclusive: John Korty's 'Twice Upon a Time' Coming To Home Video|Cartoon Brew
- 5.Twice Upon a Time —— Cineaste Magazine
- 6.Review/Film; Words Bearing Witness: 'Letters Home From Vietnam' - The New York Times
- 7.Earth and the American Dream (DVD) - Direct Cinema Limited
- 8.Familoies Share Soldiers' 'Last Letters Home' : NPR
- 9.Guru of Go - ESPN Films: 30 for 30
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