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 Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt that he produced with Rob Epstein and multiple Emmy Awards 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. He recently 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 Vietnam Requiem (1984); director and producer Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (1987); director, producer and writer Freedom Fighter (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) Thumbs (2011); director References External links HBO interview Living people Year of birth missing (living people) American film directors American film producers American documentary filmmakers Producers of Best Documentary Feature Academy Award winners Primetime Emmy Award winners