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name: "David L. Wolper"
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born: "11 January 1928"
died: "10 August 2010"
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# David L. Wolper

## Identity

David L. Wolper

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-l-wolper
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-l-wolper
- **IMDb ID:** nm0938678
- **TMDB ID:** 3453
- **Wikidata ID:** Q902654
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_L._Wolper, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q902654, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0938678/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3453

Producer. Born 11 January 1928 in New York, New York, USA. Died 10 August 2010.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 11 January 1928, New York, New York, USA
- **Died:** 10 August 2010
- **Active:** 1971–1997
- **Also known as:** David Lloyd Wolper
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 85, as producer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 82 (1), 1990s 88 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_L._Wolper, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q902654, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0938678/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3453

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory*](https://film.one/film/willy-wonka-and-the-chocolate-factory.md) (82)

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## Biography

David L. Wolper was an American film and television producer. Born in New York City in 1928, he studied cinema and journalism at the University of Southern California. He began his career in the 1950s producing documentaries before expanding into feature films and miniseries.

Wolper produced the 1971 film *Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory*. His other credits include executive producer on *L.A. Confidential* (1997) and producer or executive producer on *The Bridge at Remagen* (1969), *The Devil's Brigade* (1968), *The Thorn Birds* (1983), *North and South* (1985) and *The Mists of Avalon* (2001). He also produced the opening and closing ceremonies of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, for which he received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. Wolper died in Beverly Hills in 2010.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, latimes.com, nytimes.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *L.A. Confidential* (1997), Fi1m 88, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/l-a-confidential.md)
- *Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory* (1971), Fi1m 82, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/willy-wonka-and-the-chocolate-factory.md)

## Complete filmography (58)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Roots 30th Anniversary Edition* (2007), series, Creator
- *The Mists of Avalon* (2001), series, Executive Producer
- *To Serve and Protect* (1999), Executive Producer
- *A Will of their Own* (1998), series, Executive Producer
- *Terror in the Mall* (1998), Executive Producer
- *L.A. Confidential* (1997), Executive Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/l-a-confidential.md)
- *Surviving Picasso* (1996), Producer
- *Prince for a Day* (1995), Executive Producer
- *Murder in the First* (1995), Executive Producer
- *Without Warning* (1994), Executive Producer
- *Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald* (1993), Producer
- *The Flood: Who Will Save Our Children?* (1993), Executive Producer
- *Alex Haley's Queen* (1993), series, Executive Producer
- *Bed of Lies* (1992), Executive Producer
- *Here's Looking At You, Warner Bros.* (1991), Executive Producer
- *Dillinger* (1991), Executive Producer
- *When You Remember Me* (1990), Executive Producer
- *The Plot to Kill Hitler* (1990), Executive Producer
- *Roots: The Gift* (1988), Executive Producer
- *Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story* (1987), series, Producer
- *Biography* (1987), series, Creator
- *The Betty Ford Story* (1987), Executive Producer
- *North and South* (1985), series, Executive Producer
- *Television* (1985), series, Actor
- *His Mistress* (1984), Executive Producer
- *The Mystic Warrior* (1984), series, Executive Producer
- *The Thorn Birds* (1983), series, Executive Producer
- *Murder Is Easy* (1982), Executive Producer
- *This Is Elvis* (1981), Executive Producer
- *The Man Who Saw Tomorrow* (1981), Executive Producer
- *The Silent Lovers* (1980), Executive Producer
- *The Scarlett O'Hara War* (1980), Executive Producer
- *This Year's Blonde* (1980), Executive Producer
- *Roots: The Next Generations* (1979), series, Executive Producer
- *Victory at Entebbe* (1976), Executive Producer
- *Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur* (1976), Executive Producer
- *I Will Fight No More Forever* (1975), Executive Producer
- *Lincoln* (1974), series, Executive Producer, Creator
- *Get Christie Love!* (1974), series, Producer
- *Visions of Eight* (1973), Producer
- *Wattstax* (1973), Executive Producer
- *The 500 Pound Jerk* (1973), Executive Producer
- *One Is a Lonely Number* (1972), Executive Producer
- *King, Queen, Knave* (1972), Producer
- *Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory* (1971), Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/willy-wonka-and-the-chocolate-factory.md)
- *The Hellstrom Chronicle* (1971), Producer
- *I Love My Wife* (1970), Executive Producer
- *The Bridge at Remagen* (1969), Producer
- *If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium* (1969), Executive Producer
- *The Devil's Brigade* (1968), Producer
- *The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich* (1968), Executive Producer
- *China: The Roots of Madness* (1967), Producer
- *The Making of the President: 1964* (1966), Producer
- *The Incredible World of James Bond* (1965), Producer
- *The Teen-Age Revolution* (1965), Producer
- *Four Days In November* (1964), Executive Producer
- *Hollywood: The Golden Years* (1961), Director
- *The Race for Space* (1959), Writer, Director

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1960: Best Documentary Feature Film (nominated), for *The Race for Space*

### Other awards — 3 won

- Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award 1985: Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award (won)
- International Emmy Founders Award 1984: International Emmy Founders Award (won)
- Golden Plate Award 1960: Golden Plate Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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