William Couturié is a film director and producer, best known for his work in the field of
documentary film
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.
Accolades
He won the 1989
Academy Award
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for the
AIDS
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documentary ''
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt'' that he produced with
Rob Epstein and multiple
Emmy Awards
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for his 1987 film ''
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam'', which he wrote, produced, and directed.
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
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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
*''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
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Termi ...
'' (
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'')
Guru of Go - ESPN Films: 30 for 30
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*''Thumbs'' (2011); director
References
External links
*
HBO interview
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Living people
1950 births
American documentary film directors
American documentary film producers
Producers of Best Documentary Feature Academy Award winners
Primetime Emmy Award winners