Director Robert Altman dies
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Director Robert Altman, who revolutionized Hollywood filmmaking with an irreverent style that critics hailed as "American Art Cinema" has died at age 81, his production company said on Tuesday.
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Films of Robert Altman as director, producer or writer include:
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EARLIER this month it was announced that veteran director Sidney Lumet was to receive the 2005 honorary Oscar. Now 80, Lumetâs distinguished career includes such classics as Twelve Angry Men, The Pawnbroker, Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon and Network.
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Actor Robert Earl Jones, a fixture in Broadway shows and movies and the father of actor James Earl Jones, has died.
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Italian scriptwriter Ugo Pirro, who co-wrote two Oscar-winning films, dies at the age of 87 in Rome.
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The director of controversial cult film Man Bites Dog has died aged 38, it is reported.
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Richard Avedon, one of the most  influential portrait and fashion photographers of the 20th  century, died on Friday at age 81 in Texas, where he had been  photographing an essay on democracy for the New Yorker  magazine, a magazine spokeswoman said.
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Robert Altman was one of the most adventurous and influential American directors of the late 20th century.
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Portrait and fashion photographer Richard Avedon died on Friday morning at age 81, a spokeswoman for the family said.
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US photographer Richard  Avedon, renowned for his  portraits of the rich and famous, dies aged 81.
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Jerry Orbach, a long running star on the television series âLaw and Order,â died from prostate cancer on Wednesday, November 30.
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Portrait and fashion photographer  Richard Avedon died on Friday morning at age 81, a spokeswoman  for the family said.
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Author Susan Sontag, widely regarded as one of America's leading intellectuals, dies aged 71.
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NEW YORK  - It has been almost a year since Robert Altman stood on the stage of the Kodak Theater on March 5 to receive his long-overdue honorary Academy Award.
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Robert Altman is too busy to bask in the acclaim for his latest ensemble piece, "A Prairie Home
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Dr. Judah Folkman, a groundbreaking cancer researcher whose work cured the disease in mice and gave hope for a cure in humans, has died
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Robert Altman, the caustic and irreverent satirist behind "M-A-S-H," "Nashville" and "The Player" who made a career out of bucking Hollywood, has died at 81. The director died Monday night at a Los Angeles Hospital, Joshua Astrachan, a producer at Altman's Sandcastle 5 Productions in New York City, told The Associated Press.