All Obituaries articles – Page 15
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Czech director Jan Nemec dies aged 79
Czech filmmaker was a notable voice of the country’s New Wave movement of the 1960s.
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Hof Film Days founder Heinz Badewitz dies at 74
World’s second longest-serving film festival director died last week while attending Graz film festival.
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James Bond, 'Dr. Strangelove' designer Sir Ken Adam dies aged 95
Two-time Oscar winner Adam was the first production designer to receive a knighthood.
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Oscar-winning editor Jim Clark dies aged 85
The British film editor’s credits included The Killing Fields, The Mission and Vera Drake.
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Jacques Rivette dies aged 87
The French New Wave director’s noted films included La Belle Noiseuse, Celine And Julie Go Boating and Out 1.
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Ettore Scola dies aged 84
Revered Italian director and screenwriter behind A Special Day has died in Rome.
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'The Deer Hunter' cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond dies aged 85
Visionary cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond, who escaped his native Hungary to set up in Hollywood and became one of the most acclaimed practitioners of his generation, has died aged 85 in Big Sur, California.
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Awards publicist Murray Weissman dies aged 90
The renowned publicist who represented the likes of Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, Alfred Hitchcock and Steven Spielberg, has died of pancreatic cancer surrounded by family at his Studio City home. He was 90.
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Haskell Wexler, Oscar-winning cinematographer, dies aged 93
The double Oscar-winning cinematographer who worked on One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest died in hospital in Santa Monica on Sunday. He was 93.
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'E.T.' screenwriter Melissa Mathison dies aged 65
Mathison, who was Oscar-nominated for her E.T.: the Extra-Terrestrial screenplay in 1983, died on Wednesday in Los Angeles.
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Joanna Hogg remembers Gayle Griffiths
Filmmaker Joanna Hogg pays tribute to producer Gayle Griffiths, who died Oct 23 at the age of 49 after a battle with cancer. Griffths produced two of Hogg’s features, Archipelago and Exhibition.
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British producer Gayle Griffiths dies aged 49
Highly respected producer worked on Joanna Hogg’s Archipelago and Sally El Hosaini’s My Brother the Devil.
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'Heartbreaker' director Pascal Chaumeil dies aged 54
French film-maker had just completed Odd Job (Un Petit Boulot).
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Wes Craven dies aged 76
The prolific filmmaker who revolutionised horror with wry takes on the genre like the Scream franchise and A Nightmare On Elm Street died on Sunday from brain cancer.
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Bud Yorkin dies aged 89
The film and television director, producer and writer died of natural causes at his Bel Air Home. He was 89.
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Uggie, canine star of 'The Artist', dies
Uggie the dog, star of The Artist, has been put to sleep due to difficulties stemming from a prostate tumour.