Bill Couturié Explained

William Couturié is a film director and producer, best known for his work in the field of documentary film.

Accolades

He won the 1989 Academy Award for the AIDS documentary ^[1] that he produced with Rob Epstein^[2] and multiple Emmy Awards for his 1987 film , which he wrote, produced, and directed.^[3]

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 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 the late Hank Gathers.

Filmography

• 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
• (1987); director, producer and writer^[6]
• Freedom Fighter (Laserdisc arcade game) (1987); producer
• (1989); producer
• (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
• (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

External links

• • HBO interview

Notes and References

1. https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1990 1990|Oscars.org
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tw17MVVQK6g Documentary Winners: 1990 Oscars
3. https://www.emmys.com/bios/bill-couturie Bill Couturie|Television Academy
4. https://www.cartoonbrew.com/dvd/john-kortys-twice-upon-a-time-coming-to-home-video-exclusive-109606.html Exclusive: John Korty's 'Twice Upon a Time' Coming To Home Video|Cartoon Brew
5. https://www.cineaste.com/spring2016/twice-upon-a-time Twice Upon a Time —— Cineaste Magazine
6. https://www.nytimes.com/1988/09/16/movies/review-film-words-bearing-witness-letters-home-from-vietnam.html Review/Film; Words Bearing Witness: 'Letters Home From Vietnam' - The New York Times
7. https://www.directcinemalimited.com/dvds/463 Earth and the American Dream (DVD) - Direct Cinema Limited
8. https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4165188 Familoies Share Soldiers' 'Last Letters Home' : NPR
9. http://www.espn.com/30for30/film/_/page/guru-of-go Guru of Go - ESPN Films: 30 for 30