Al Reinert
Al Reinert ( 1947 - December 31, 2018 ) was an American screenwriter , film producer and director .
Life
Reinert produced the 1989 documentary For All Mankind - A giant leap for mankind on the Apollo program of NASA , the 1990 Best Documentary for the Oscar nomination. In 1995 he wrote the screenplay for Ron Howard's Apollo 13 , for which he was again nominated for an Oscar, this time with William Broyles junior . Three years later, he worked on the script for HBO - miniseries From the Earth to the Moon with that also the Apollo program dealt with the story. He also wrote the script for Final Fantasy: The Powers in You , the first fully computer-animated film with a largely realistic representation of people.
Filmography (selection)
script
- 1995: Apollo 13
- 1998: From the Earth to the Moon
- 2001: Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within ( Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within )
Director
- 1989: For All Mankind - A big step for mankind ( For All Mankind ; also production)
- 2003: A Land Called Texas (also screenplay)
Awards (selection)
- 1989: Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival
- 1990: Oscar nomination for For All Mankind
- 1996: Oscar nomination for Apollo 13
- 1996: WGA Award nomination for Apollo 13
Web links
- Al Reinert in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wei-Huan Chen: Former Chronicle reporter Al Reinert, co-writer of 'Apollo 13' script, dead at 71 . Houston Chronicle. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Reinert, Al |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American screenwriter, film producer and director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 31, 2018 |