Al Reinert, who covered NASA for the Houston Chronicle and went on to co-write the screenplay for Apollo 13 which earned him an Oscar nomination, has died. He was 71. Reinert died New Year’s Eve of complications of cancer at his home in Wimberley, Texas, the Houston Chronicle reported.
Reinert began his career as a crime reporter for the Chronicle, then moved into covering NASA in the 1970s where he discovered his love and fascination for space. He directed the 1989 documentary film For All Mankind, which earned him his first Oscar nomination for best documentary feature. The film concentrates on the beauty of the Earth as seen from space, along with interviews with Apollo crew members and mission control staff played over original mission footage.
Reinert told the Houston Chronicle in a 2015 interview that he didn’t want For All Mankind to be a traditional documentary with talking heads.
“Tom Hanks...
Reinert began his career as a crime reporter for the Chronicle, then moved into covering NASA in the 1970s where he discovered his love and fascination for space. He directed the 1989 documentary film For All Mankind, which earned him his first Oscar nomination for best documentary feature. The film concentrates on the beauty of the Earth as seen from space, along with interviews with Apollo crew members and mission control staff played over original mission footage.
Reinert told the Houston Chronicle in a 2015 interview that he didn’t want For All Mankind to be a traditional documentary with talking heads.
“Tom Hanks...
- 1/4/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Al Reinert, a newspaper reporter on the Nasa beat who went on to receive an Oscar nomination for his Apollo 13 screenplay, has died. He was 71.
Reinert died on New Year's Eve at his home in Wimberley, Texas, after a battle with cancer, the Houston Chronicle reported.
Survivors include his wife, actress Lisa Hart Carroll; she played Patsy, the best friend of Debra Winger's character, in Terms of Endearment.
Reinert earned his first Oscar nom for producing (and directing) the feature documentary For All Mankind (1989), which used footage shot by astronauts during the Apollo moon missions that had ...
Reinert died on New Year's Eve at his home in Wimberley, Texas, after a battle with cancer, the Houston Chronicle reported.
Survivors include his wife, actress Lisa Hart Carroll; she played Patsy, the best friend of Debra Winger's character, in Terms of Endearment.
Reinert earned his first Oscar nom for producing (and directing) the feature documentary For All Mankind (1989), which used footage shot by astronauts during the Apollo moon missions that had ...
Al Reinert, a newspaper reporter on the Nasa beat who went on to receive an Oscar nomination for his Apollo 13 screenplay, has died. He was 71.
Reinert died on New Year's Eve at his home in Wimberley, Texas, after a battle with cancer, the Houston Chronicle reported.
Survivors include his wife, actress Lisa Hart Carroll; she played Patsy, the best friend of Debra Winger's character, in Terms of Endearment.
Reinert earned his first Oscar nom for producing (and directing) the feature documentary For All Mankind (1989), which used footage shot by astronauts during the Apollo moon missions that had ...
Reinert died on New Year's Eve at his home in Wimberley, Texas, after a battle with cancer, the Houston Chronicle reported.
Survivors include his wife, actress Lisa Hart Carroll; she played Patsy, the best friend of Debra Winger's character, in Terms of Endearment.
Reinert earned his first Oscar nom for producing (and directing) the feature documentary For All Mankind (1989), which used footage shot by astronauts during the Apollo moon missions that had ...
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