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William Hurt, Oscar winner for ‘Kiss Of The Spider Woman’, dies at 71 6mg3n
Respected actor earned four Oscar nominations.
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Eva Zaoralova, former Karlovy Vary artistic director, dies aged 89 1x6f3t
Zaoralova led the reboot of the festival in 1994.
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Ivan Reitman, Canadian director of ‘Ghostbusters’, dies at 75 56v3q
Jason Reitman, sisters man ”who taught us to always seek the magic in life”.
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Douglas H. Trumbull, VFX pioneer on ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’, ’Close Encounters’, dies at 79 5u4c2t
Filmmaker received Academy’s honorary Gordon Sawyer Award in 2012.
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French actor Gaspard Ulliel dies in skiing accident, aged 37 4v5f4c
Actor was best known for performances in It’s Only The End Of The World, Saint Laurent and Hannibal Rising.
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Jean-Jacques Beineix, director of ‘Diva’ and ‘Betty Blue’, dies aged 75 3h2u30
The French filmmaker ed away after a long illness.
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Sidney Poitier, first Black man to win best actor Oscar, dies aged 94 666m6c
Poitier was known for ‘In The Heat Of The Night’, ‘Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner’.
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Peter Bogdanovich, ‘The Last Picture Show’ director, dies aged 82 5p6g17
Martin Scorsese hails filmmaker and film lover who fought for ”the art of cinema and the people who created it”.
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Industry pays tribute to Romaine Hart, doyenne of UK independent exhibition and distribution 27y5z
Hart, who founded the “Screen On” cinema chain and distribution company Mainline Pictures, died on December 28
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Jean-Marc Vallée, director of ‘Big Little Lies’, ‘Dallas Buyers Club’, dies at 58 4k2t2z
Canadian director/producer reportedly died in his cabin outside Quebec City.
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Lina Wertmüller, first woman to earn best director Oscar nomination, dies aged 93 354z26
Wertmüller’s best director Oscar nomination came for 1977 film Seven Beauties,
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NFTS founding director Colin Young dies aged 94 2p5g38
Young was director of the NFTS from 1971-92.
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Iconic Australian actor David Gulpilil dies 11736x
The actor starred in films including ‘Walkabout’, ‘Crocodile Dundee’ and ‘Rabbit-Proof Fence’
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Diane Weyermann, Participant chief content officer and documentary champion, dies 1o6p3p
Memorial services will be announced at later date.
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Industry pays tribute to UK distribution veteran James Higgins 3w5z2c
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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Industry pays tribute to Austrian producer Ursula Wolschlager who has died aged 52 4v5l1s
Wolschlager was a member of the European and Austrian Film Academies and the project commission of the Austrian Film Institute.
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Roger Michell: UK industry pays tribute to “genius director and generous collaborator” 2z5w1o
”His body of work represents exactly what many British filmmakers aspire to.”
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‘Notting Hill’ director Roger Michell dies aged 65 17585b
Cause of death unknown at time of writing.
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Melvin Van Peebles, Renaissance man and Black cinema icon, dies at 89 3b6u3v
Multihyphenate made Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song in 19 days after studio ed.
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Richard Donner, director of ‘Lethal Weapon’ franchise and ‘Superman’, dies aged 91 l2u6s
Storyteller cut teeth directing TV shows Twilight Zone, The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
