Cinematographer Sven Nykvist dies at 83
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Oscar-winning filmmaker Sven Nykvist, who was legendary director Ingmar Bergman's cinematographer of choice, died Wednesday after a long illness, his son said. He was 83.
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Writer and filmmaker Alain Robbe-Grillet, an "enfant terrible" of France's literary establishment who helped found the New Novel school in the 1950s, died on Monday aged 85, his publishers said.
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Martin Scorsese, Dennis  Hopper and Haskell Wexler are among the film industry veterans  slated to be interviewed for inclusion in a documentary about  two of the community&#39;s most influential directors of  photography, Laszlo Kovacs and Vilmos Zsigmond.
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TV producer and studio head Frank Capra Jr dies aged 73 after a battling prostate cancer.
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Director Gerard Oury, a cultural icon of France whose decades-old comedies remain hits today, has died, local officials at his Riviera home said Thursday. He was 87.
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A man convicted and then acquitted of the murder of former Swedish Prime Minister Olaf Palme dies of unclear causes.
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Fred Koenekamp, who lensed "Patton," "The Man from U.N.C.L.E.," "Papillon" and "The Towering Inferno," will receive the American Society of Cinematographers' lifetime achievement award.
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Carl Mydans, the celebrated World War Two photo-journalist, has died at his US home aged 97.
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Sir Malcolm Arnold, the first British composer to win an Academy Award, died Saturday at the age of 84 after a short illness, his companion said.
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As Sven-Goran Eriksson appeared in Viennaâs Intercontinental Hotel, dozens of camera flashes went off and one caused the Swede a slight moment of surprised discomfort
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Jan Wolkers, one of the major Dutch writers of the post-war period, died Friday aged 81, media reported.
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A special effects technician involved in the filming of the new Batman movie has died in a car accident, the film's producers said on Tuesday.
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Media & professional: A 22-year-old Reuters photographer and a driver were killed in Baghdad earlier today.
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Director Robert Altman, who introduced an innovative ensemble style of filmmaking in such works as "MASH," "Gosford Park" and "Nashville," has died at age 81, his production company said on Tuesday.
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The cinematographer of the hit horror film The Blair Witch Project is killed in a plane crash while shooting a film in Florida.
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Hungarian cinematographer Laszlo Kovacs, with more than 60 feature films to his credit including the 1969 biker film "Easy Rider," was honored at the Santa Fe Film Festival for his lifetime achievement.
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LOS ANGELES  Â Johnny Grant, the avuncular honorary mayor of Hollywood who traveled the world as Tinseltown's No. 1 cheerleader for more than a half-century, has died. He was 84.