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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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NewsFormer 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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NewsSony'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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NewsProlific 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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NewsProlific 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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NewsBangladeshi 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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NewsBollywood 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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NewsBritish 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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NewsProducer/production designer Polly Platt dies at age 72
Oscar nominated for Terms of Endearment.
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NewsDirector 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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NewsRabbit-Proof Fence, Australia actor dies at age 44
David Ngoombujarra, a well-known Aboriginal actor, has died at age 44.
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NewsIndian 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.
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NewsSpider-Man producer Laura Ziskin dies at 61
Laura Ziskin, the producer behind Sony’s global smash Spider-Man franchise as well as No Way Out, died on Sunday following a battle with breast cancer. She was 61.
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NewsFox Greater China executive Tu Ming dies of bone cancer
20th Century Fox Greater China Managing Director Tu Ming passed away on Sunday morning of bone cancer, at the age of 47.
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NewsKino International's Donald Krim dies at age 65
Donald Krim, the president of Kino International and co-president of Kino Lorber, died on May in New York at the age of 65. He had been battling cancer for a year.
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NewsIndustry veteran David Stone dies at age 78
David Stone, a producer, distributor and exhibitor best known as the head of Cinegate Film Distribution and the Gate Cinema in west London, has died at the age of 78 after a short illness.
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Frans J Afman, pioneer of indie financing, dies at 77
Afman, the executive credited with revolutionising independent film financing during his time as an executive at Credit Lyonnais Bank in Holland in the 1980s, has died after a long illness. He was 77.