All Obituaries articles – Page 26
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Look Both Ways writer/director Sarah Watt dies of cancer
Sarah Watt, best known in international film circles for writing and directing Look Both Ways, died at her Melbourne home on Friday.
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Australian industry mourns Mark Sarfaty
Friends and colleagues are reeling from the news that Mark Sarfaty, chief executive of the Independent Cinemas Association of Australia (ICAA), has died.
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Swedish director Lagerlof presumed dead after location scouting accident
The 42-year-old director was scouting location on Sweden’s west coast for Camilla Lackberg’s Fjallbacka Murders project.
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Actress Diane Cilento dies aged 78
Oscar nominated Australian actress was married to Sean Connery and Anthony Shaffer.
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Steve Jobs, tech crusader extraordinaire, dies at 56
Apple announced late on Wednesday (5) that the Silicon Valley visionary, Apple co-founder and Pixar chief finally lost his battle with pancreatic cancer.
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Obituary: Rob Remley
Remley most recently served as svp of international marketing and distribution at Warner Bros and died of cancer on Sept 27 in Los Angeles.
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Former Columbia executive, Chaplin champion Mo Rothman dies
Mo Rothman, the respected international film producer and distributor whose career spanned for more than 60 years has died following a long battle with Parkinson’s disease.
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Sony's Pascal, Lynton mourn death of John Calley
Former Sony Pictures chairman and CEO John Calley has died. He was 81.
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Indian filmmaker Jag Mundhra dies aged 62
Indian filmmaker Jagmohan Mundhra, whose credits include UK-set films such as Provoked and Shoot On Sight, died of cardiac arrest on Sunday. He was 62.
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SF Film Society executive director Graham Leggat dies at 51
Leggat, who died on Aug 25 following an 18-month battle with cancer, was a widely admired and beloved figure who transformed the Society.
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Prolific film and TV director Reza Badiyi dies, aged 81
The Iranian-born, US-based director set a record for directing the most hours of episodic series television.
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Hammer Horror screenwriter Jimmy Sangster dies
The British director, whose writing credits for the Hammer label included The Curse Of Frankenstein, has died aged 83.
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Prolific filmmaker Raul Ruiz dies at age 70
Director Raul Ruiz died in Paris this morning at the age of 70, following a lung infection.
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Bangladeshi director Tareque Masud killed in car crash
Four other people were killed in the crash including the CEO of local TV station ATN Ashfaque Munier Mishuk; Masud’s wife, producer Catherin Masud is in a serious condition in hospital.
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Bollywood star Shammi Kapoor dies at age 70
Bollywood actor Shamser Raj Kapoor, known as Shammi Kapoor, died Sunday in a Mumbai hospital after suffering from kidney disease for several years.
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British actor John Wood dies aged 81
The Tony and Olivier award winning actor’s film credits included The Madness Of King George and Shadowlands.
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Producer/production designer Polly Platt dies at age 72
Oscar nominated for Terms of Endearment.
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Director Michael Cacoyannis dies in Athens at age 89
Michael Cacoyannis, the Cyprus-born filmmaker who directed Zorba the Greek, has died at an Athens hospital at the age of 89.
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Rabbit-Proof Fence, Australia actor dies at age 44
David Ngoombujarra, a well-known Aboriginal actor, has died at age 44.
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Indian new wave filmmaker Mani Kaul dies
Mani Kaul, one of the leading figures of India’s new wave movement of the 1970s, died on July 7 of cancer. He was 66.