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NewsNagisa Oshima dead at 80
Nagisa Oshima, the iconoclastic Japanese director of In the Realm of the Senses and Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence, died of pneumonia in a Kanagawa hospital early on Tuesday (Jan 15). He was 80 years old.
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NewsObituary: Jack F Murphy
The former non-theatrical distributor and independent producer, died in Los Angeles on Jan 6 after a long battle with cancer. He was 69.
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NewsIconic Spanish filmmaker José Luis Borau dies aged 83
For 50 years José Luis Borau was considered the godfather of Spanish cinema. A former president and founder of the Spanish Cinema Academy, Borau achieved international success with Poachers (1975), which won the Golden Shell in San Sebastián and became one of the most famous films in Spanish history.
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NewsEmmanuelle's Sylvia Kristel dies, aged 60
Dutch actress, best known for Emmanuelle, starred in over 50 films.
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NewsJapanese director Koji Wakamatsu dead at 76
Legendary Japanese director Koji Wakamatsu has died in hospital of injuries after being hit by a taxi on the night of October 12.
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Obit: Ted Shugrue, international executive
J Edward ‘Ted’ Shugrue has died in New York following a short illness at the Yale-New Haven Hospital. He was 62.
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NewsFilmmaker Marcel Hanoun dies, aged 82
New Wave director, photographer and journalist emerged at the height of the movement with Une Simple Histoire.
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Obit: Sandy Mandelberger
The editor-in-chief of Film Professional died on Aug 29 following a nine-year battle with cancer. He was 57.
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News'King of Sexploitation’ Stanley Long dies, aged 78
Filmmaker produced a series of hugely successful ‘X’ certificate movies between 1958 and 1983.
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Obit: Geoffrey Ammer
UPDATE: The former president of worldwide marketing at Sony and top executive at some of the biggest studios in Hollywood died from a heart attack on Sunday in Santa Monica. He was 62.
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NewsJake Eberts dies, aged 71
Canadian producer founded Britain’s Goldcrest Films and worked on Oscar winners such as Chariots Of Fire.
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NewsMichael Clarke Duncan dies, aged 54
Oscar-nominated actor failed to recover from heart attack suffered in July.
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NewsTony Scott dies in apparent suicide
Los Angeles Country coroner’s officials confirmed on Sunday that the 68-year-old filmmaker and younger brother of Ridley Scott leapt to his death from the Vincent Thomas Bridge in San Pedro, California.
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Filmmaker Chris Marker dies, aged 91
Marker worked with the likes of Alain Resnais and Yves Montand.
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NewsHaneke actress Susanne Lothar dies at 51
German actress Susanne Lothar, who appeared in four films by Michael Haneke, has died at the age of 51.
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NewsObituary: Frank Pierson, 1925-2012
The Oscar-winning screenwriter died of natural causes following a short illness on Monday (23) in Los Angeles. He was 87.
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NewsObituary: Richard Zanuck 1934-2012
The Oscar winning producer died on Friday (Jul 13) from a heart attack. He was 77.
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Cinematographer John Harris dies, aged 87
Career spanned 53 years, working on the likes of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Superman and The Running Man.
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NewsBritish film-maker Nataasha van Kampen dies, aged 28
The step daughter of actor Mark Rylance had attended the London Film School.