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All Obituaries articles
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NewsMemorial set for longtime Lionsgate executive Jason Constantine
Industry veteran died in June aged 55.
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NewsFrantišek Klišík from ‘Better Go Mad in the Wild’ dies just after film’s Karlovy Vary win
Klišík drowned in a pond just hours after the film won the Karlovy Vary Grand Prix, according to Czech media reports.
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News‘Life Of Brian’, ‘Bugsy Malone’ unit stills photographer David Appleby dies aged 77
Appleby was a lifelong collaborator of filmmaker Alan Parker.
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NewsMichael Madsen, Hollywood tough guy and Quentin Tarantino regular, dies at 67
Noted credits include ‘Reservoir Dogs’, the ’Kill Bill’ films, and ‘Donnie Brasco’.
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News“A cornerstone of UK film”: LipSync executive Norman Merry dies aged 63
Merry had more than 170 credits including ‘We Need To Talk About Kevin’.
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NewsFormer Lionsgate top exec Jason Constantine dies aged 55
Industry veteran championed ’Saw’, ’John Wick’ franchises.
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NewsMohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, first Arab and African director to win Cannes Palme d’Or, dies aged 91
The Algerian filmmaker won the in 1975 for ’Chronicle Of The Years Of Fire’.
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NewsSimon Mein, UK stills photographer including for Mike Leigh films, dies aged 68
Mein worked on every Leigh film since ‘Life Is Sweet’.
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NewsJohn Badalu, Indonesian producer and pioneering LGBTQ+ campaigner, dies aged 53
A leading figure of Southeast Asian cinema, Badalu’s films were selected for Cannes, Sundance, Busan and Rotterdam among others.
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NewsJiri Bartoska, Czech actor and Karlovy Vary president, dies aged 78
The popular Bartoska had been festival president since 1994.
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NewsBleecker Street founder Andrew Karpen dies aged 59
Popular East Coast native founded Bleecker Street in 2014.
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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.