Robert Guenette (January 12, 1935 – October 31, 2003[1]) was an American film producer, screenwriter, film director, television director and television producer, recipient of the Directors Guild of America Award.

Guenette is considered one of the first documentary directors to introduce the "newsreel style" in documentaries.[2] He and his son, Mark, were co-founders of the International Documentary Association.[3]

Filmography

Writer, cinema

Director, cinema

Director, TV documentaries

Director, TV movies

Producer, TV movies

Producer, TV series

  • Winners (two episodes in 1977 and 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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