Bill Guttentag
William S. "Bill" Guttentag (born January 1958 ) is an American screenwriter , director and film producer .
Life
Guttentag began his film career in 1987 when he wrote additional material for the drama Hot Shot - The Path to Victory with Pelé . In the following year he was with Malcolm Clarke screenwriter, producer and director of documentary - short film You Do not Have to Die . The film, made for HBO , about a boy's battle with cancer, won an Oscar in 1989. By 1995 he received three more Oscar nominations, but without being able to win the award again. In 1995 his documentary 5 American Kids - 5 American Handguns was nominated for an Emmy , and in 1999 he received his first Emmy for his contribution to the television series America Undercover . In 2002 he shot the reality show Crime & Punishment , a spin-off of the Law & Order series, for NBC television . He won his second Oscar in 2003 for Twin Towers , a documentary about two brothers who died in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. In 2007 Guttentag shot the film drama Live! With Eva Mendes in the lead role . . In the same year the documentary Nanking about the massacre of Nanking , which won an Emmy, was made .
Guttentag has been teaching at Stanford University since 2001 .
Filmography (selection)
- 1988: You Don't Have to Die
- 1989: Crack USA: County Under Siege
- 1991: Death on the Job
- 1992: The Cocaine War: Lost in Bolivia
- 1994: Blues Highway
- 1995: 5 American Kids - 5 American Handguns
- 1998: The Last Days of Kennedy and King
- 1998: America Undercover
- 2003: Twin Towers
- 2007: Nanking
- 2007. Live!
- 2009: Soundtrack for a Revolution
- 2012: Knife Fight - The Greed for Power (Knife Fight)
Awards (selection)
- 1989: Oscar for You Don't Have to Die
- 1990: Oscar nomination for Crack USA: County Under Siege
- 1992: Oscar nomination for Death on the Job
- 1995: Oscar nomination for Blues Highway
- 1995: Emmy nomination for 5 American Kids - 5 American Handguns
- 1999: Emmy for America Undercover
- 2003: Oscar for Twin Towers
- 2009: Emmy for Nanking
- 2010: WGA Award nomination for Soundtrack for a Revolution
Web links
- Bill Guttentag in the Internet Movie Database (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Good day, Bill |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Guttentag, William S. |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American screenwriter, director and film producer |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 1958 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | United States |