UPDATE: Anthony Minghella suffered a brain hemorrhage.
UPDATE: A spokesperson for the director said he suffered a brain hemorrhage at 5 A.M. Tuesday morning at Charing Cross Hospital in London, where he had undergone a routine operation on his neck.
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.
