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All Obituaries articles
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NewsScottish producer Paddy Higson dies aged 83
Higson worked on Bill Forsyth’s ‘Gregory’s Girl’ and ‘That Sinking Feeling’.
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NewsMarvin Levy, longtime publicist and advisor to Steven Spielberg, dies at 96
In career spanning 70 years, veteran worked on E.T., Jurassic Park, Schindler’s List, Back To The Future, Ben-Hur.
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NewsVal Kilmer, star of ‘The Doors’, ‘Batman Forever’, ‘Top Gun’, dies at 65
California-born actor was youngest to attend Juilliard aged 17.
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NewsEmilie Dequenne, Cannes and Cesar prize-winning Belgian actress, dies aged 43
Dequenne first came to attention in the Dardennes brothers ‘Rosetta’ and recently starred in Lukas Dhont’s ’Close’.
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News‘Kramer v Kramer’ producer Stanley R Jaffe dies aged 84
Jaffe also did stints as a studio executive and had a producing partnership with Sherry Lansing.
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NewsCineworld founder Steve Wiener dies aged 73
Wiener grew Cineworld into the UK and Ireland’s largest cinema chain.
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NewsBobby Meyers, sales veteran and founding member of AFM, dies at 90
Film executive held positions at Columbia Pictures International, Lorimar, Orion, Village Roadshow.
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NewsRenen Schorr, founder of Israel’s Sam Spiegel Film School, dies aged 72
Schorr was the driving force behind Israel’s European Film Academy inclusion.
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NewsUK cinema executive Roy Gower dies aged 65
Gower worked at ABC Cinemas, Cineworld Cinemas and Everyman.
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NewsUK industry and colleagues pay tribute to former “inspirational” Screen ad director John Campbell
“He made it fun”: John Campbell, who went on to found Moving Pictures, is remembered by colleagues.
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NewsUK producer Melanie Dicks dies aged 60
The award-winning producer was a champion of sustainability with credits such as ‘Run Fatboy Run’ and ’45 Years’.
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NewsFrench filmmaker Bertrand Blier dies aged 85
Blier’s films include Get Out Your Handkerchiefs, Buffet Froid, Trop Belle Pour Toi and The Clink Of Ice.
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NewsJoan Plowright, star of ‘Enchanted April’ and ‘Tea With Mussolini’, dies aged 95
Plowright was the widow of Laurence Olivier.
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News‘Blue Velvet’ director David Lynch dies aged 78; Scorsese, Spielberg pay tribute
His work also included ’Mulholland Drive’, ’The Elephant Man’ and ’Twin Peaks’.
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News‘Brazil’, ‘Batman’ cinematographer Roger Pratt dies aged 77
Veteran British director of photography earned an Oscar nomination and two Bafta nods.
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News‘Amores Perros’ Mexican veteran Emilio Echevarria dies
The actor’s other films included ’Babel,’ ‘Y Tu Mama Tambien’ and ‘Die Another Day.’
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NewsFilm Independent president Josh Welsh dies from cancer
Welsh worked to extend the group’s international reach with the Global Media Makers Program.
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News‘Romeo And Juliet’ star Olivia Hussey dies aged 73
Hussey began her career in the UK before being picked as a teenager for Franco Zeffirelli’s film.
