All Obituaries articles – Page 7
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Legendary French screenwriter Jean-Claude Carriere dies at 89
Legendary screenwriter collaborated with scores of filmmakers including Jacques Tati, Luis Buñuel, Milos Foreman and Louis Malle.
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‘Sound Of Music’ star Christopher Plummer dies aged 91
Star passed away peacefully at home in Connecticut.
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Former Le Vision Pictures head Zhang Zhao dies aged 58
Beijing-based executive worked with acclaimed filmmakers such as Zhang Yimou and Zhang Yang.
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Michael Apted, director of ‘Up’ doc series and ‘The World Is Not Enough’, dies at 79
Steven Soderbergh hails “remarkable body of work”.
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Former Thessaloniki director Dimitri Eipides dies aged 82
Respected festival executive also co-founded the Montreal Film Festival and was a long-time regional programmer for Toronto.
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‘Withnail & I’, ‘Enter The Dragon’ producer Paul Heller dies at 93
Producer was longtime BAFTA LA board member.
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‘Alien’ franchise producer David Giler dies aged 77
Giler was also a screenwriter on films including ‘Alien3’ and ‘The Money Pit’.
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South Korean director Kim Ki-duk dies from Covid-19 aged 59
Award-winning filmmaker died in Latvia, according to reports.
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UK industry pays tribute to former Warner Bros, FDA executive Frank Pierce
David Puttnam leads tributes to “gentleman distributor”.
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UK industry veteran Steve Turney dies from Covid-19, aged 59
Power Entertainment executive previously worked at Columbia, Fox, Goldcrest and Polygram.
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Genre filmmaker Johnny Kevorkian dies aged 48
Films by the writer-director included ‘The Disappeared’, starring Tom Felton.
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Sean Connery, the original James Bond, dies aged 90
Connery was first person to play iconic spy in film series.
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UK-French actor and ‘Moonraker’ star Michael Lonsdale dies aged 89
Paris-born actor was best-known internationally for Moonraker and Of Gods And Men.
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UK actress Diana Rigg dies aged 82
Award-winning actress was best known for roles in ‘On Her Majesty’s Secret Service’ , ‘The Avengers’ and ‘Game Of Thrones’.
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‘Black Panther’ star Chadwick Boseman dies at 43
Star had not gone public with 2016 cancer diagnosis.
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Darryl Macdonald, US festival pioneer and champion of international cinema, dies
Friends and associates pay tribute to ”towering cinematic figure”.
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UK film executive Colin Leventhal dies aged 73
Leventhal was a leading figure at the UK’s Channel 4 and a former partner at HAL Films.
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Hong Kong director-producer Benny Chan dies aged 58
Chan, widely regarded as one of Hong Kong’s leading action directors, became ill while shooting Raging Fire last year.
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Sumner Redstone, US media titan, dies aged 97
Redstone began working in entertainment industry in 1954.
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HFPA president Lorenzo Soria dies, aged 68
Soria covered Hollywood for Italian publications and served three terms as HFPA president.