Oscar-Winning Director Anthony Minghella Dies
British filmmaker Anthony Minghella, who won a Best Director Oscar in 1996 for The English Patient, has died, his London-based agent confirmed to the Associated Press. He was 54.
Further details are not yet available.
Minghella’s other movies included 1999’s The Talented Mr. Ripley, which made a star out of Jude Law, and 2003’s Cold Mountain, which won an Oscar for its Supporting Actress Renée Zellweger.
His most recent movie was The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, which he recently finished filming in Botswana, reports CNN.
Minghella was married to Hong Kong-born choreographer Carolyn Choa.
Since 2003, he was chairman of the British Film Institute.
March 18th, 2008 at 7:39 am
Sad, sad, sad. I loved Mr. Ripley. He still had a lot of good films to make as a director and a lot of things to do as a person.