All Obituaries articles – Page 10
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NewsFriends, colleagues of Mariupol-slain filmmaker Mantas Kvedaravičius evoke a singular talent
Producers, directors, and programmers recall a brave, fearless filmmaker.
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NewsCanadian documentarian and Oscar winner John Zaritsky dies at 79
Vancouver filmmaker’s career spanned more than 40 years.
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NewsWilliam Hurt, Oscar winner for ‘Kiss Of The Spider Woman’, dies at 71
Respected actor earned four Oscar nominations.
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NewsEva Zaoralova, former Karlovy Vary artistic director, dies aged 89
Zaoralova led the reboot of the festival in 1994.
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NewsIvan Reitman, Canadian director of ‘Ghostbusters’, dies at 75
Jason Reitman, sisters remember man ”who taught us to always seek the magic in life”.
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NewsDouglas H. Trumbull, VFX pioneer on ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’, ’Close Encounters’, dies at 79
Filmmaker received Academy’s honorary Gordon Sawyer Award in 2012.
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NewsFrench actor Gaspard Ulliel dies in skiing accident, aged 37
Actor was best known for performances in It’s Only The End Of The World, Saint Laurent and Hannibal Rising.
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NewsJean-Jacques Beineix, director of ‘Diva’ and ‘Betty Blue’, dies aged 75
The French filmmaker passed away after a long illness.
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NewsSidney Poitier, first Black man to win best actor Oscar, dies aged 94
Poitier was known for ‘In The Heat Of The Night’, ‘Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner’.
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NewsPeter Bogdanovich, ‘The Last Picture Show’ director, dies aged 82
Martin Scorsese hails filmmaker and film lover who fought for ”the art of cinema and the people who created it”.
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NewsIndustry pays tribute to Romaine Hart, doyenne of UK independent exhibition and distribution
Hart, who founded the “Screen On” cinema chain and distribution company Mainline Pictures, died on December 28
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NewsJean-Marc Vallée, director of ‘Big Little Lies’, ‘Dallas Buyers Club’, dies at 58
Canadian director/producer reportedly died in his cabin outside Quebec City.
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NewsLina Wertmüller, first woman to earn best director Oscar nomination, dies aged 93
Wertmüller’s best director Oscar nomination came for 1977 film Seven Beauties,
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NewsIconic Australian actor David Gulpilil dies
The actor starred in films including ‘Walkabout’, ‘Crocodile Dundee’ and ‘Rabbit-Proof Fence’
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NewsDiane Weyermann, Participant chief content officer and documentary champion, dies
Memorial services will be announced at later date.
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NewsIndustry pays tribute to UK distribution veteran James Higgins
Higgins headed United International Pictures UK during the 1980s, releasing ’E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial’, the ’Indiana Jones’ films and ’Grease’.
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NewsIndustry pays tribute to Austrian producer Ursula Wolschlager who has died aged 52
Wolschlager was a member of the European and Austrian Film Academies and the project commission of the Austrian Film Institute.
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NewsRoger Michell: UK industry pays tribute to “genius director and generous collaborator”
”His body of work represents exactly what many British filmmakers aspire to.”
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