Director James Foley, whose credit included Glengarry Glen Ross and the Fifty Shades sequels, has died aged 71.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, his loss of life was confirmed by his consultant who mentioned he died “peacefully in his sleep earlier this week following a years-long struggle with brain cancer”.
His profession was marked by versatility, from music movies with Madonna to business multiplex thrillers to talky TV dramas to erotic romances.
He made his directorial debut with the romantic drama Reckless in 1984, which starred Aidan Quinn and Daryl Hannah. It was an acrimonious begin to his big-screen profession with the movie receiving unfavourable opinions and angering screenwriter Chris Columbus, who disowned it.
He obtained higher notices for his follow-up, crime drama At Close Range, which starred Sean Penn and Christopher Walken. In the identical 12 months, he additionally began working with Madonna, who was married to Penn on the time. Foley was the most effective man at their wedding ceremony.
He directed the movies for Live to Tell, Papa Don’t Preach and True Blue in addition to the 1987 screwball comedy Who’s (*71*) Girl, which starred the singer alongside Griffin Dunne.
In the Nineteen Nineties, he directed an episode of Twin Peaks earlier than movies comparable to David Mamet adaptation Glengarry Glen Ross, John Grisham drama The Chamber and Mark Wahlberg and Reese Witherspoon thriller Fear.
The 2000s noticed him direct Confidence with Dustin Hoffman and Perfect Stranger with Halle Berry earlier than the 2010s had him directing episodes of House of Cards and Billions, in addition to taking over the 2 Fifty Shades of Grey sequels.
“Seriously, if you cast the right friggin’ people and they’re good actors, it’s amazing how little you have to do but stay out of the way,” Foley mentioned modestly of his profession in a 2003 interview.
