All Obituaries articles
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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.
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NewsSpanish actor Marisa Paredes, star of Pedro Almodóvar’s ‘High Heels’, dies aged 78
Paredes also served as President of the Spanish Film Academy.
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News‘Good Bye, Lenin!’ director Wolfgang Becker dies at 70
Becker was one of the co-founders of X-Filme Creative Pool with Tom Tykwer, Dani Levy and Stefan Arndt.
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NewsFrench-Danish actor Niels Arestrup dies aged 75
Arestrup played a Corsican crime boss in Jacques Audiard’s Cannes Grand Prix, Oscar-nominated A Prophet.
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NewsQuincy Jones, music icon and seven-time Oscar nominee, dies aged 91
Jones produced Steven Spielberg’s ‘The Color Purple’ as well as legendary music albums ‘Thriller’, ‘Off The Wall’.
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News‘Peaky Blinders’ costume designer Stephanie Collie dies aged 60
Collie worked with Daniel Craig on pre-James Bond hit ‘Layer Cake’.
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NewsDick Pope, cinematographer for Mike Leigh films including ‘Hard Truths’, dies aged 77
Pope was Oscar-nominated for filming Leigh’s ‘Mr. Turner’ and Neil Burger’s ‘The Illusionist’.
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NewsAlvin Rakoff, Canadian director who gave starts to Sean Connery, Alan Rickman, dies aged 97
Rakoff directed 11 feature films including ‘Say Hello To Yesterday’ with Jean Simmons.
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NewsChristine Tröstrum, former project manager of Berlinale Talents, dies aged 52
Tröstrum extended the concept by helping to create the international Berlinale Film Residences
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News‘A Star Is Born’ lead and country singer-songwriter Kris Kristofferson dies aged 88
Country singer and actor Kris Kristofferson won a Golden Globe for his role in 1976 version of A Star Is Born.
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NewsMaggie Smith dies aged 89
Oscar winner’s credits included ’The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie’ through to ’Harry Potter’ and ’Downton Abbey’