Al Reinert

Documentarian, Producer, Screenwriter

Biography

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Reinert began his career as a journalist with the Houston Chronicle in the mid-1970s before moving to freelance work. His articles appeared in several publications, notably Texas Monthly. By the late 70s, he was working as an apprentice to screenwriter-director Robert Benton and subsequently worked on productions of music videos. In 1990, he produced and directed the documentary, "For Al...

Filmography

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For All Mankind (1989)

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)

Apollo 13 (1995)

For All Mankind (1989)

From the Earth to the Moon (1998)

Photos & Videos

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For All Mankind (1989) -- (Movie Clip) It Feels Just Like It Sounds

For All Mankind (1989) -- (Movie Clip) One Giant Leap

Biography

Reinert began his career as a journalist with the Houston Chronicle in the mid-1970s before moving to freelance work. His articles appeared in several publications, notably Texas Monthly. By the late 70s, he was working as an apprentice to screenwriter-director Robert Benton and subsequently worked on productions of music videos. In 1990, he produced and directed the documentary, "For All Mankind," about the NASA space program which earned him an Oscar nomination. Five years later, he put that knowledge to work as co-scenarist of Ron Howard's "Apollo 13" (1995), adapted from astronaut Jim Lovell's memoir about the failed 1970 space mission. He and co-scripter William Broyles Jr. earned an Oscar nomination.

Filmography

Director (Feature Film)

For All Mankind (1989)

Writer (Feature Film)

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)

Apollo 13 (1995)

Producer (Feature Film)

For All Mankind (1989)

Writer (TV Mini-Series)

From the Earth to the Moon (1998)

Life Events

1990

First film, the documentary, "For All Mankind"; earned Oscar nomination

1995

First fictional film, "Apollo 13"; received co-screenplay credit with William Broyles Jr; shared Oscar nomination

2001

Contributed to the screenplay for "Final Fantasy"

Videos

For All Mankind (1989) -- (Movie Clip) It Feels Just Like It Sounds Director Al Reinert’s free-form technique here chronicles the launch of Apollo 12, November 14, 1969, with comments from astronauts Richard Gordon, Pete Conrad and Alan Bean, from the documentary For All Mankind, 1989, compiled entirely from NASA film footage.

For All Mankind (1989) -- (Movie Clip) One Giant Leap In the Houston command center and aboard Apollo 11 with astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins, director Al Reinert's coverage of man's first landing on the moon, from the documentary produced entirely with NASA film, For All Mankind, 1989.

For All Mankind (1989) -- (Movie Clip) We Choose To Go To The Moon Opening director Al Reinert’s documentary on the Apollo moon missions, with more than is usually excerpted from President John F. Kennedy’s famous 1962 speech, moving into astronaut routine with comments from Alan Bean, Charles Duke and Richard Gordon, in For All Mankind, 1989.

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