Al Reinert

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Al Reinert is an American film director, screenwriter and producer. He co-wrote the screenplays for the Ron Howard film Apollo 13 and Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, but is best known for directing and producing For All Mankind, an Award-winning documentary about NASA's Apollo program.

Awards and nominations

1989 International Documentary Association

• Won - IDA Award - For All Mankind

1989 Sundance Film Festival

• Won - Audience Award, Documentary - For All Mankind
• Won - Grand Jury Prize, Documentary - For All Mankind

1990 Academy Awards

• Nominated - Best Documentary, Features - For All Mankind (shared with Betsy Broyles Breier)

1996 Academy Awards

• Nominated - Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium - Apollo 13 (shared with William Broyles, Jr.)

1996 PEN Center USA West Literary Awards

• Won - Literary Award, Screenplay - Apollo 13 (shared with William Broyles, Jr.)

1996 USC Scripter Award

• Nominated - Apollo 13 (Shared with William Broyles, Jr.)

1996 Writers Guild of America, USA Awards

• Nominated - Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published - Apollo 13 (shared with William Broyles, Jr.)

See also

• For All Mankind
• Apollo 13 (film)

External links

• Al Reinert at The Internet Movie Database