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John Barry Passes Away at 77
Composer John Barry, who won five Oscars for his film work but was best known for his contributions to a dozen James Bond movies, passed away Sunday in New York at the age of 77. »
Theoni Aldredge
Theoni V. Aldredge, an award-winning costume designer who created memorable outfits for more than 300 stage and film projects, including Gypsy, A Chorus Line, Dreamgirls and 42nd Street, died Friday at a hospice in Connecticut at the age of 78. She is survived by her husband, actor Tom Aldredge. »
Rest in Peace – Carroll Pratt
Carroll Pratt, Emmy-winning sound engineer and one of the founders and past presidents of the Cinema Audio Society has died at the age of 89. Pratt worked at MGM as a re-recording mixer in the 1950s and was a protege of Charley Douglass who was the creator of the Laff Box. Douglass along with... »
Rest in Peace – Ronni Chasen
The entertainment world was rocked today by the news of the brutal murder of Ronni Chasen in Beverly Hills. Many of Chasen's clients have been written about in the pages of Below the Line. We offer our most sincere condolences to the family, friends and co-workers of Chasen. »
Robert F. Boyle Passes Away at 100
Production designer extraordinaire Robert F. Boyle passed away Aug. 1 at the age of 100. Boyle, a four-time Academy Award nominee for Art Direction for his work on North by Northwest, Gaily, Gaily, The Shootist and Fiddler on the Roof and recipient of an Honorary Oscar in 2008 for his work on these and... »
Loren Kelly Schroeder
Loren Kelly Schroeder, widely known in the film industry as one of the best and most popular first assistant directors, died May 26th at his home in Santa Monica of heart failure. He was 51 years old. Schroeder’s career, spanned 28 years and 21 feature films, including Graffiti Bridge and the Sundance-award-winning Pow Wow... »
Paul Huntsman
Sound editor Paul Huntsman passed away Feb. 21 in his home in Glendale, Calif. He had over 60 films to his credit. Hendricks was born and raised in Idaho Falls, Idaho. After graduating from the University of Utah with a degree in film, he spent two years with the Peace Corp in Morocco. He... »
Nat Tiffen
Nat Tiffen, the award-winning founder of The Tiffen Company, known for producing the high-quality lens filters widely used by cinematographers, passed... »
Charles Swartz
Charles Swartz, a key figure in helping move Hollywood into the digital 21st century, died of pneumonia in Los Angeles on Feb. 10 at the age of 67.... »
Robert Altman
Robert Altman, the innovative and iconoclastic director whose five-decade Hollywood career encompassed hits from MASH to Gosford Park died in Los... »
Director Series
Iran’s Best Foreign Film Nominee: Asghar Farhadi’s A SeparationJanuary 2012 | By Jack Egan
One of the surprises of this awards season is A Separation, a highly lauded film from Iran that has captivated reviewers and moviegoers and... »
Danish Director Nicolas Windng Refn Pushes Drive into High Gear
January 2012 | By Jack Egan
Nicolas Windng Refn, director of Drive, doesn’t himself drive. He has failed his driver’s license test eight times. Yet the heralded Danish director came... »