All Obituaries articles
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News“A cornerstone of UK film”: LipSync executive Norman Merry dies aged 63
Merry had more than 170 credits including ‘We Need To Talk About Kevin’.
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NewsFormer Lionsgate top exec Jason Constantine dies aged 55
Industry veteran championed ’Saw’, ’John Wick’ franchises.
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NewsMohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, first Arab and African director to win Cannes Palme d’Or, dies aged 91
The Algerian filmmaker won the in 1975 for ’Chronicle Of The Years Of Fire’.
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NewsSimon Mein, UK stills photographer including for Mike Leigh films, dies aged 68
Mein worked on every Leigh film since ‘Life Is Sweet’.
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NewsJohn Badalu, Indonesian producer and pioneering LGBTQ+ campaigner, dies aged 53
A leading figure of Southeast Asian cinema, Badalu’s films were selected for Cannes, Sundance, Busan and Rotterdam among others.
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NewsJiri Bartoska, Czech actor and Karlovy Vary president, dies aged 78
The popular Bartoska had been festival president since 1994.
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NewsBleecker Street founder Andrew Karpen dies aged 59
Popular East Coast native founded Bleecker Street in 2014.
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NewsScottish producer Paddy Higson dies aged 83
Higson worked on Bill Forsyth’s ‘Gregory’s Girl’ and ‘That Sinking Feeling’.
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NewsMarvin Levy, longtime publicist and advisor to Steven Spielberg, dies at 96
In career spanning 70 years, veteran worked on E.T., Jurassic Park, Schindler’s List, Back To The Future, Ben-Hur.
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NewsVal Kilmer, star of ‘The Doors’, ‘Batman Forever’, ‘Top Gun’, dies at 65
California-born actor was youngest to attend Juilliard aged 17.
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NewsEmilie Dequenne, Cannes and Cesar prize-winning Belgian actress, dies aged 43
Dequenne first came to attention in the Dardennes brothers ‘Rosetta’ and recently starred in Lukas Dhont’s ’Close’.
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News‘Kramer v Kramer’ producer Stanley R Jaffe dies aged 84
Jaffe also did stints as a studio executive and had a producing partnership with Sherry Lansing.
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NewsCineworld founder Steve Wiener dies aged 73
Wiener grew Cineworld into the UK and Ireland’s largest cinema chain.
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NewsBobby Meyers, sales veteran and founding member of AFM, dies at 90
Film executive held positions at Columbia Pictures International, Lorimar, Orion, Village Roadshow.
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NewsRenen Schorr, founder of Israel’s Sam Spiegel Film School, dies aged 72
Schorr was the driving force behind Israel’s European Film Academy inclusion.
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NewsUK cinema executive Roy Gower dies aged 65
Gower worked at ABC Cinemas, Cineworld Cinemas and Everyman.
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NewsUK industry and colleagues pay tribute to former “inspirational” Screen ad director John Campbell
“He made it fun”: John Campbell, who went on to found Moving Pictures, is remembered by colleagues.
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NewsUK producer Melanie Dicks dies aged 60
The award-winning producer was a champion of sustainability with credits such as ‘Run Fatboy Run’ and ’45 Years’.
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NewsFrench filmmaker Bertrand Blier dies aged 85
Blier’s films include Get Out Your Handkerchiefs, Buffet Froid, Trop Belle Pour Toi and The Clink Of Ice.