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David L. Wolper is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter and Producer American born on 11 january 1928 at New York City (USA)

David L. Wolper

David L. Wolper
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Birth name David Lloyd Wolper
Nationality USA
Birth 11 january 1928 at New York City (USA)
Death 10 august 2010 (at 82 years) at Beverly Hills (USA)

David Lloyd Wolper (January 11, 1928 – August 10, 2010) was an American television and film producer, responsible for shows such as Roots, The Thorn Birds, North & South, L.A. Confidential, and the film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971). He also produced numerous documentaries and documentary series including Biography (1961–63), The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (TV), Appointment with Destiny (TV series), This is Elvis, Four Days in November, Imagine: John Lennon, Visions of Eight (1973), and others. Wolper directed the 1959 documentary The Race for Space, which was nominated for an Academy Award. His 1971 film (as executive producer) about the study of insects, The Hellstrom Chronicle, won an Academy Award.

Best films

L.A. Confidential (1997)
(Executive Producer)

Usually with

Mel Stuart
Mel Stuart
(9 films)
Andrew Solt
Andrew Solt
(2 films)
Walon Green
Walon Green
(2 films)
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Filmography of David L. Wolper (41 films)

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The Mists of Avalon (TV miniseries), 3h3
Directed by Uli Edel
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Action
Themes Films about magic and magicians
Actors Anjelica Huston, Julianna Margulies, Joan Allen, Samantha Mathis, Klara Issova, Edward Atterton
Roles Executive producer
Rating73% 3.681513.681513.681513.681513.68151
Part I: Igraine and Uther The film begins with a battered, dirty, and injured Morgaine riding in a small boat through a misty river. Most of the film is a reflection through her eyes, with Morgaine as narrator.
A Will of their Own, 3h45
Directed by Karen Arthur
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Lea Thompson, Ellen Burstyn, Sônia Braga, Reiko Aylesworth, Faye Dunaway, Thomas Gibson
Roles Executive Producer
Rating68% 3.4350253.4350253.4350253.4350253.435025
The film begins in the 1890s and ends in the 1980s. Annie Jermaine (Aylesworth) immigrates from Europe to America where she becomes a housemaid for a wealthy doctor. She breaks class restrictions when she marries the doctor's son and begins training as a nurse. However, she is unable to utilize her knowledge due to the popular belief that women were not capable of practicing medicine.
Terror in the Mall, 1h25
Directed by Norberto Barba
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action
Actors Rob Estes, Shannon Sturges, David Soul, Kai Wiesinger, Angeline Ball, Danny Webb
Roles Executive Producer
Rating42% 2.1306152.1306152.1306152.1306152.130615
Un groupe de personnes est piégé dans un centre commercial désert lors d'une inondation, avec un prisonnier évadé.
L.A. Confidential, 2h18
Directed by Curtis Hanson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about prostitution
Actors Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Kim Basinger, Danny DeVito, James Cromwell
Roles Executive Producer
Rating81% 4.0984254.0984254.0984254.0984254.098425
In early 1950s Los Angeles, Detective Sergeant Edmund "Ed" Exley (Guy Pearce), the son of a legendary LAPD detective, is determined to live up to his father's reputation. His intelligence, insistence on following regulations and cold demeanor contribute to his isolation from other officers. He exacerbates this resentment by volunteering to testify in a police brutality case, insisting on a promotion to Detective Lieutenant against the advice of Captain Dudley Smith (James Cromwell). Exley's ambition is fueled by the murder of his father by an unknown assailant, to whom he refers as "Rollo Tomasi" to give him personality.
Surviving Picasso, 2h5
Directed by James Ivory
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Peinture
Actors Anthony Hopkins, Natascha McElhone, Julianne Moore, Joss Ackland, Peter Eyre, Dennis Boutsikaris
Roles Producer
Rating62% 3.147253.147253.147253.147253.14725
The film starts with a young woman named Françoise meeting Picasso in Paris during the Nazi occupation of the city, where Picasso is complaining that people broke into his house and stole his linen, rather than his paintings. It shows Françoise being beaten by her father after telling him she wants to be a painter, rather than a lawyer. Picasso is shown as often not caring about other people's feelings, firing his driver after a long period of service, and as a womanizer, saying that he can sleep with whomever he wants.
Murder in the First, 2h2
Directed by Marc Rocco
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Prison films, Se déroulant à Alcatraz
Actors Christian Slater, Kevin Bacon, Gary Oldman, Embeth Davidtz, Brad Dourif, William H. Macy
Roles Executive producer
Rating72% 3.648353.648353.648353.648353.64835
As a 17-year-old orphan, Henri Young (Kevin Bacon), steals $5.00 from a grocery store to feed himself and his little sister, both of whom are destitute. He is apprehended by the store clerk, and his sister is sent to an orphanage. Because that grocery store also housed a U.S. Post Office his crime becomes a federal offense. Young never sees his sister again and is sentenced to Leavenworth Penitentiary, Kansas. After later being transferred to Alcatraz, he participates in an escape attempt with two other prisoners.
Without Warning, 1h40
Directed by Robert Iscove
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Action
Themes Films about religion, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films, Impact events in fiction, Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Jane Kaczmarek, James Handy, Ashley Peldon, Dennis Lipscomb, Brian McNamara, James Morrison
Roles Executive Producer
Rating67% 3.3964153.3964153.3964153.3964153.396415
Broadcast eleven years after a similar program, Special Bulletin, Without Warning starts in an identical fashion, with the beginning of "regular programming", in this case the opening of a murder mystery film with the title Without Warning, starring Loni Anderson (appearing in a cameo). Within moments, however, the program is interrupted with a news bulletin of an earthquake in Wyoming. The "movie" resumes but a few moments later is interrupted for good as coverage begins of a Halloween night meteor impact on the United States.
Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald
Directed by Robert Dornhelm
Genres Drama
Themes Films about families, Political films
Actors Helena Bonham Carter, Frank Whaley, Robert Picardo, Bill Bolender, Brandon Mychal Smith, Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė
Roles Producer
Rating58% 2.908452.908452.908452.908452.90845
The story focuses on Marina Oswald (Helena Bonham Carter), the wife of Lee Harvey Oswald. Barely able to speak English, she is thrust into questioning by David Lifton (Robert Picardo). It portrays deep sadness, and explores the story of a woman ending up alone in a foreign country.
Bed of Lies, 1h30
Directed by William A. Graham
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about families, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about domestic violence
Actors Susan Dey, Chris Cooper, G. W. Bailey, Mary Kay Place, John Anderson, Tom Nolan
Roles Executive Producer
Rating56% 2.812542.812542.812542.812542.81254
Based on the true story, Bed of Lies tells the story of Vicky Moore (Susan Dey), a low born Texas waitress, marries Marion Price Daniel, Jr., the son of Texas governor Price Daniel, thinking she is going to live happily ever after. She realizes that her husband is an alcoholic, drug addict, and abusive husband which eventually leads to her husband's shooting death. She is accused of murder and fights for custody of her children.
Murder in Mississippi, 1h36
Directed by Roger Young
Genres Drama
Actors Tom Hulce, Blair Underwood, Jennifer Grey, CCH Pounder, Andre Braugher, Royce D. Applegate
Roles Producer
Rating69% 3.4867553.4867553.4867553.4867553.486755
Les dernières semaines des militants des droits civiques Michael "Mickey" Schwerner, Andrew Goodman et James Chaney avant leur disparition pendant l'été 1964.
When You Remember Me, 1h31
Directed by Harry Winer
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Fred Savage, Kevin Spacey, Ellen Burstyn, Richard Jenkins, Lee Garlington, Dwier Brown
Roles Executive Producer
Rating66% 3.3327153.3327153.3327153.3327153.332715
Mike Mills is a teen with muscular dystrophy, whose destitute single mother placed him in a state nursing home, where he contends with being a young person in the clinic and with an abusive head nurse, while Wade Blank started ADAPT, a grassroots national disability rights group in Denver in the 1980s.
The Plot to Kill Hitler, 1h29
Directed by Lawrence Schiller
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Political films
Actors Brad Davis, Ian William Richardson, Michael Byrne, Rupert Graves, Helmut Griem, Vernon Dobtcheff
Roles Executive Producer
Rating61% 3.095083.095083.095083.095083.09508
The Plot to Kill Hitler is a historical re-creation of the 1944 attempt by several German High Command officers to assassinate Adolf Hitler and take control of the German government, with the ultimate intention of surrendering their country to the Allies. Led by Army Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, this group of dedicated officers managed to plant a bomb, hidden in Stauffenberg's briefcase, in Hitler’s battlefield headquarters. By sheer luck, Hitler survived the blast and the SS quickly arrested and executed most of those involved.