Sad news arrived today with the announcement that filmmaker and writer Michael Winner has passed away at the age of 77. The director was best known for his work on the "Death Wish" franchise, helming the first three movies in the vigilante series, as well as other films including actioner "The Mechanic" and horror film "The Sentinel." He'd been suffering from a disease of the liver for some time, and had been given eighteen months to live last year. Winner was born in Hampstead, London, and became involved in showbiz at an early age, writing a gossip column at the Kensington Post at the age of 14, and going on to write for the New Musical Express, among others. After studying at Cambridge, he worked as an assistant director at the BBC, before penning 1958 crime thriller "Man With A Gun," and making his own feature directorial debut on "Shoot To Kill" in...
- 1/21/2013
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
Michael Winner has died aged 77, it has been reported. The British director, best known to movie buffs for wielding the megaphone on the Death Wish movies, is survived by his wife Geraldine. Born in London, in 1935, Winner made a name for himself as a journalist and critic, before moving into TV work. He worked as an assistant director at the BBC, before making his feature debut with Shoot To Kill, which he also wrote. After that, he worked prolifically on both risqué sex comedies and more serious dramas, working with some notable...
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- 1/21/2013
- by Matt Maytum
- TotalFilm
British film director and producer Michael Winner has died aged 77, according to his wife Geraldine, who released a statement paying tribute to her husband:
“Michael was a wonderful man, brilliant, funny and generous.
“A light has gone out in my life.”
Winner, who directed films on both sides of the Atlantic, including Death Wish and The Big Sleep, had been ill for some time, and had said last summer that he had been given 18 months to live.
He displayed a love of film early on, particularly in writing, and began his career as a journalist and film critic before joining Motion Pictures Limited and releasing his first feature film – Shoot To Kill – in 1960. He started with a slant towards satire, but moved into more commercial material – particularly in the Death Wish series – later.
In a career that spanned five decades, Winner worked with talents as bright as Oliver Reed, Burt Lancaster,...
“Michael was a wonderful man, brilliant, funny and generous.
“A light has gone out in my life.”
Winner, who directed films on both sides of the Atlantic, including Death Wish and The Big Sleep, had been ill for some time, and had said last summer that he had been given 18 months to live.
He displayed a love of film early on, particularly in writing, and began his career as a journalist and film critic before joining Motion Pictures Limited and releasing his first feature film – Shoot To Kill – in 1960. He started with a slant towards satire, but moved into more commercial material – particularly in the Death Wish series – later.
In a career that spanned five decades, Winner worked with talents as bright as Oliver Reed, Burt Lancaster,...
- 1/21/2013
- by Simon Gallagher
- Obsessed with Film
Michael Winner, director of Death Wish, producer, and of late, Sunday Times food critic, has died. He was 77.Born in Hampstead in 1935, Winner cut his teeth as a journalist, working as a cub reporter on the Kensington Post, Showgirl Glamour Revue and the NME, before scoring a job as assistant director making BBC television programmes.By the early '60s he'd made a name for himself as a director. Shoot To Kill, a thriller about a showbiz reporter that had shades of autobiography about it, marked his feature debut. But it was his collaboration with Oliver Reed, beginning with The Jokers in 1964 and continuing with I'll Never Forget What'sisname and Hannibal Brooks, that gave his career a timely boost. He was best known as a filmmaker for 1974's tough-guy thriller Death Wish. In it, Charles Bronson played Paul Kersey, a vigilante whose violent quest to avenge the murder of his...
- 1/21/2013
- EmpireOnline
Death of actor nominated twice for an Oscar comes a month after that of her older brother, Corin Redgrave
The actor Lynn Redgrave has died, her family said. She was 67.
Her publicist Rick Miramontez said she died on Sunday night at her apartment in Manhattan.
Often viewed as an introspective and independent player in her family's acting dynasty, Redgrave became a 1960s sensation as the freethinking title character of Georgy Girl, which won her nominations for an Oscar as well as a Golden Globe award.
"Our beloved mother Lynn Rachel passed away peacefully after a seven-year journey with breast cancer," said her children in a joint statement.
"She lived, loved and worked harder than ever before. The endless memories she created as a mother, grandmother, writer, actor and friend will sustain us for the rest of our lives. Our entire family asks for privacy through this difficult time."
Her death...
The actor Lynn Redgrave has died, her family said. She was 67.
Her publicist Rick Miramontez said she died on Sunday night at her apartment in Manhattan.
Often viewed as an introspective and independent player in her family's acting dynasty, Redgrave became a 1960s sensation as the freethinking title character of Georgy Girl, which won her nominations for an Oscar as well as a Golden Globe award.
"Our beloved mother Lynn Rachel passed away peacefully after a seven-year journey with breast cancer," said her children in a joint statement.
"She lived, loved and worked harder than ever before. The endless memories she created as a mother, grandmother, writer, actor and friend will sustain us for the rest of our lives. Our entire family asks for privacy through this difficult time."
Her death...
- 5/3/2010
- The Guardian - Film News
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