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32 articles available in total starting from 18/03/2008. Last article published on 20/07/2015.

Seghatchian quits to return to filmmaking

Tanya Seghatchian (pictured), currently Head of the Film Fund at the British Film Institute (BFI), has resigned in order to return to filmmaking. Seghatchian was earlier head of Development at the...  

14/09/2011 | People | UK

Berg takes on new BFI role

The British Film Institute (BFI) has appointed Eddie Berg (pictured) to the newly created role of Director of Partnerships. Berg’s new role involves him developing the BFI’s partnerships strategy...  

26/08/2011 | People | UK

Film world mourns Liz Taylor

Dame Elizabeth Taylor, one of the last legends of Hollywood’s golden age, died of heart failure on Wednesday at the age of 79. The star was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles in...  

23/03/2011 | People | UK

Kosse promoted at Universal

London based David Kosse, the international distribution head for Universal Pictures International (UPI), has been promoted to President, International. In his new role, Kosse will be responsible...  

22/07/2009 | People | UK

British actress Lucy Gordon found dead in Paris

British actress Lucy Gordon was found dead in her Paris flat on May 20, just two days before her 29th birthday. French police are treating the death as a suicide. A Parisian detective said, “There...  

22/05/2009 | People | UK

In memoriam Jack Cardiff (1914-2009)

Legendary British cinematographer and director Jack Cardiff has passed away, aged 94, at his home in Ely, England. Cardiff led an extraordinary rich and full life dedicated to cinema. He began his...  

23/04/2009 | People | UK

In memoriam Natasha Richardson (1963-2009)

Forty-five-year-old British actress Natasha Richardson has passed away from a brain injury that she received in a skiing accident in Canada. Richardson was born into one of the first families of...  

19/03/2009 | People | UK

British teen actor Sangster to play Tintin

Seventeen-year-old Thomas Sangster, best known for his winsome turn as Liam Neeson’s son in Love Actually, has been chosen by Steven Spielberg to play iconic boy reporter Tintin. British actor...  

31/03/2008 | People | UK

British cinema mourns a man for all seasons

The British film world, already in shock over the untimely death of Anthony Minghella, had further reason to mourn after Oscar and BAFTA winning actor Paul Scofield passed away on March 19th from...  

25/03/2008 | People | UK

The Talented Mr. Minghella (1954-2008)

A wave of tributes and encomiums are pouring in after the tragic death of Oscar-winning British director Anthony Minghella from a fatal haemorrhage (see news) following an operation for cancer of...  

19/03/2008 | People | UK

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