Bill Couturié
William Couturié is a film director and producer, best known for his work in the field of documentary film.
Accolades
[edit]He won the 1989 Academy Award for the AIDS documentary Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt[1] that he produced with Rob Epstein[2] and multiple Emmy Awards for his 1987 film Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam, which he wrote, produced, and directed.[3]
Other works
[edit]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
[edit]- Can't It Be Anyone Else (1980); producer
- Porklips Now (1980): producer
- Twice Upon a Time (1983); producer and writer[4][5]
- Vietnam Requiem (1984); director and producer
- Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (1987); director, producer and writer[6]
- 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[7]
- 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[8]
- 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)[9]
- Thumbs (2011); director
References
[edit]- ^ "The 62nd Academy Awards | 1990". www.oscars.org. October 5, 2014. Retrieved May 15, 2025.
- ^ Oscars (June 26, 2015). Documentary Winners: 1990 Oscars. Retrieved May 15, 2025 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Bill Couturie". Television Academy. Retrieved May 15, 2025.
- ^ Exclusive: John Korty's 'Twice Upon a Time' Coming To Home Video|Cartoon Brew
- ^ Twice Upon a Time —— Cineaste Magazine
- ^ Review/Film; Words Bearing Witness: 'Letters Home From Vietnam' - The New York Times
- ^ Earth and the American Dream (DVD) - Direct Cinema Limited
- ^ Familoies Share Soldiers' 'Last Letters Home' : NPR
- ^ Guru of Go - ESPN Films: 30 for 30
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