Who was the director of 'Twelve Angry Men', 'Serpico' and 'Network' who died in 2011?
"Serpico Serpico is a 1973 American neo-noir biographical crime film directed by Sidney Lumet, and starring Al Pacino. Waldo Salt and Norman Wexler wrote the screenplay, adapting Peter Maas's biography of NYPD officer Frank Serpico, who went undercover to expose corruption in the police force. Both Maas's book and the film cover 12 years, 1960 to 1972. The film and principals were nominated for numerous awards, earning recognition for its score, direction, screenplay, and Pacino's performance. The film was also a commercial success. Working as a uniformed patrolman, Frank Serpico excels at every assignment. He moves on to plainclothes assignments,"
"black comedies, and realistic crime dramas, including ""Serpico"" and ""Prince of the City"". As a result of directing ""12 Angry Men"", he was also responsible for leading the first wave of directors who made a successful transition from TV to movies. In 2005, Lumet received an Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement for his ""brilliant services to screenwriters, performers, and the art of the motion picture."" Two years later, he concluded his career with the acclaimed drama ""Before the Devil Knows You're Dead"" (2007). A few months after Lumet's death in April 2011, a retrospective celebration of his work was held"
"Rodrigo García (director) Rodrigo García Barcha (born 24 August 1959), more commonly known as Rodrigo García, is a Colombian television and film director, screenwriter and former cinematographer, best known for his films ""Nine Lives"" (2005), ""Mother and Child"" (2009), ""Albert Nobbs"" (2011), ""Last Days in the Desert"" (2015), as well as his work on the HBO drama series ""In Treatment"". He also created, wrote, and directed the award-winning web series ""Blue"" (2012–2015), starring Julia Stiles, for which he won an IAWTV Award in 2014. García was born in Bogotá, Colombia, the son of Colombian Nobel-winner writer Gabriel García Márquez and"
"for the 74th and 79th Academy Awards in 2002 and 2007, respectively. He won a Primetime Emmy Award for his work on the latter. Riva suffered a stroke on June 1, 2012, in New Orleans, Louisiana, during production of ""Django Unchained"". He died in a hospital there on June 7, 2012, at age 63. ""Django"" director Quentin Tarantino commented, ""Michael became a dear friend on this picture, as well as a magnificent, talented colleague."" http://vimeo.com/3559547 J. Michael Riva J. Michael Riva (June 28, 1948 – June 7, 2012) was an American production designer. John Michael Riva was born in Manhattan,"
"only in Spain, under the title ""La Tumba de los Muertos Vivientes"" (which may well be lost). Franco suffered a severe stroke on 27 March 2013, and was taken to a hospital in Málaga, Spain, where he died early on the morning of 2 April. He was 82 years old. Jesús Franco Jess Franco (born Jesús Franco Manera; 12 May 1930 – 2 April 2013) was a Spanish filmmaker, composer, and actor, best known for his stylish exploitation films, directing around 160 feature films. Of Cuban and Mexican parentage, Franco was born in Madrid and studied at the city's Instituto"
"an extra or bit actor, including ""Doctor Zhivago"" and ""The Wind and the Lion"". He died in Alicante, Spain on 10 July 2010 from a cerebral infarction, at age 79, the result of three strokes he suffered in early June. He was incinirated and his ashes were spreaded on Fort Bravo, Tabernas. He was married with Cándida López Cano, with whom he had a son, and Sergio Leone was his best man. Aldo Sambrell Alfredo Sánchez Brell (23 February 1931 – 10 July 2010), known as Aldo Sambrell, was a Spanish actor, director, and producer who appeared in over 150"
"mental health and his sometimes conflicting public behaviour caused contentions with the police. He died in July 2014, affected by colorectal cancer. Celestino Coronado Romero Celestino Coronado Romero (20 November 1944 - 21 July 2014), also known as Celestino Coronado, was a Spanish film and theatre director, writer, also a flamboyant natural dancer and performer who lived most of his life in London. He was artistic director of the Lindsay Kemp Company from 1973 to 1985. He founded Cabochon Film Productions with David Meyer and has also collaborated with The Incredible Orlando (aka blind actor Jack Birkett) and with Chilean"
"Marco Beltrami Marco Edward Beltrami (born October 7, 1966) is an American film and television composer and conductor, best known for his work scoring horror films such as ""Scream"" (1996) and its sequels, ""Mimic"" (1997), ""The Faculty"" (1998), ""Resident Evil"" (2002), ""Don't Be Afraid of the Dark"" (2011) and ""The Woman in Black"" (2012). A long-time friend and collaborator of Wes Craven, Beltrami has scored seven of the director's films including all four films in the ""Scream"" franchise (1996–2011). Beltrami has been nominated for two Academy Awards for """" and ""The Hurt Locker"", and won a Satellite Award for Best"
"February 1999, took a toll on his health. Early in the morning of August 23, 1999, Wexler died of a heart attack at age 73. Norman Wexler Norman Wexler (August 6, 1926 – August 23, 1999) was an American screenwriter whose work included films such as ""Saturday Night Fever"", ""Serpico"" and ""Joe"". A Detroit native and 1944 Central High School graduate, Wexler attended Harvard University before moving to New York in 1951. Wexler wrote the screenplays for several hit films, most notably ""Joe"", ""Serpico"", ""Mandingo"" and ""Saturday Night Fever"". He received Oscar nominations for both ""Joe"" and ""Serpico"". According to"
"Servando González Servando González Hernández (15 May 1923 – 5 October 2008) was a Mexican film director. He died in Mexico City on 5 October 2008, at the age of 85. Servando Gonzalez was the winner of 25 awards with Yanco cinematographic film and participated as co star in dozens of films of Mexican Cinema Gold by the name of Alberto Ramirez actor. Press Chief was Mexican President Adolfo Lopez Mateos and has always characterized by simplicity and talented actor, director, writer and film producer, according to his official biographer Wilbert Alonzo-Cabrera, former vice president of Association of Entertainment JournalistD"
"Orlando Posse's romantic comedy, ""Apariencias"" (2000). His last work as director was the regionalist ""Sapucay, mi pueblo"" (1997). Siro and his wife and frequent co-star, Elena Cruz, were politically conservative. Their decision to join a small rally in March 24, 2001, in support of the former dictator in power during the height of the Dirty War, General Jorge Videla, led to their expulsion from the Argentine Actors Association. He died of cancer on September 4, 2006, at age 74. Fernando Siro Fernando Siro (October 5, 1931 – September 4, 2006) was an Argentine film actor, film director and screenwriter. Born"
"are the Brazilian presidential medal of honor for his promotion of human rights; an honorary doctorate in public service from La Roche College of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Brazilian International Press Association. In 2011, he was honored in the seventh edition of the Festival Internacional de Quadrinhos, at Belo Horizonte. Mauricio is the father of ten children, and drew inspiration from them for new characters such as Monica, Maggy, Marina, Mary Angela. Nimbus and Nick Nope. One of his sons, Maurício Spada e Sousa, died of a heart attack on 2 May 2016. Some of"
"office success of his first film. Jorge Nisco Jorge Nisco (born March 6, 1956 in Bernal, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine director and assistant director best known for Killer Women (2005), Epitafios (2004), and Malparida (2010). Jorge Nisco started his career in 1997, when he met actor Adrián Suar, who pitched him an idea for a TV show called """"R.R.D.T"""". The show starred name actors Carlos Calvo, China Zorrilla, José ""Pepe"" Soriano, Nancy Dupláa and Diego Peretti, and brought Nisco to prominence in the Argentine film industry. That very same year he directed his first and so far only film,"
"Cirio H. Santiago Cirio H. Santiago (January 18, 1936 – September 26, 2008) was a prolific Filipino film producer, director, writer and cinematographer. He also uses the screen names: Cirio Santiago and Leonard Hermes. Santiago was born on January 18, 1936 in Manila, Philippines to Dr. Ciriaco Santiago, the founder of Manila’s Premiere Productions, and his wife Adela Hermoso. He had two siblings, Danilo H. Santiago and Digna H. Santiago. In the 1970s, he directed mostly English-language action/adventure films, some of which portrayed black actors and actresses as heroes. He is known for the films such as ""Savage!"" (1973), ""T.N.T."
"Joe Napolitano Joseph Ralph ""Joe"" Napolitano (November 22, 1948 – July 23, 2016) was an American television director who worked on multiple episodic series. He previously was a film assistant director. Napolitano's television credits include directing twelve episodes of ""Quantum Leap"", two episodes of ""The X-Files"", two episodes of ""Picket Fences"", three episodes of ""The Pretender"", two episodes of ""L.A. Doctors"", two episodes of ""Dawson's Creek"", four episodes of ""Boston Public"", and fourteen episodes of ""Strong Medicine"", as well as the 1991 TV film ""Earth Angel"". The TV film ""Contagious"" earned an American Latino Media Arts Award for actress Elizabeth"
"tone and a sense of balance."" Jon Favreau Jonathan Kolia Favreau (; born October 19, 1966) is an American actor, director, producer and screenwriter. As an actor, he is known for roles in films such as ""Rudy"" (1993), ""Swingers"" (1996) (which he also wrote), ""Very Bad Things"" (1998), ""The Break-Up"" (2006), ""Friends"" (1994-2004), ""Couples Retreat"" (2009), and ""Chef"" (2014) (which he also directed). He has additionally directed the films ""Elf"" (2003), """" (2005), ""Iron Man"" (2008), ""Iron Man 2"" (2010), ""Cowboys & Aliens"" (2011), and ""The Jungle Book"" (2016), and served as an executive producer on ""The Avengers"" (2012), ""Iron"
"Celestino Coronado Romero Celestino Coronado Romero (20 November 1944 - 21 July 2014), also known as Celestino Coronado, was a Spanish film and theatre director, writer, also a flamboyant natural dancer and performer who lived most of his life in London. He was artistic director of the Lindsay Kemp Company from 1973 to 1985. He founded Cabochon Film Productions with David Meyer and has also collaborated with The Incredible Orlando (aka blind actor Jack Birkett) and with Chilean composer Carlos Miranda. He was born in Puebla de Sancho Pérez, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain. He moved to Madrid in his early twenties"
"director in receiving this honor. With his film, ""The Clan"", he won the Silver Lion for Best Director in Venice International Film Festival. Director, Scriptwriter and Producer Director Only Producer Only Pablo Trapero Pablo Trapero (Born 4 October 1971) is an Argentine film producer, editor, and director. He is considered one of the biggest creative forces in Latin American cinema. Pablo Trapero was born in San Justo, Argentina in 1971. In 1999 he directed his first feature, ""Mundo Grúa"", which won the Critics Prize at Venice. In 2002, he opened his production company, Matanza Cine, that produces films for fellow"
"Sergio García Michel Sergio García Michel (July 28, 1945 in Mexico City, Mexico – September 19, 2010 in Mexico City) was an influential Mexican film director and professor, considered one of the key figures of Super 8 cinema and part of the counterculture movements of ""La Onda"" and ""Rupestre"". Born as Sergio Arturo García Michel in July 28, 1945, he began his enthusiasm for cinema as a teenager spending entire afternoons watching films at the Tlalpan theatre. In 1966 he bought his first Super 8 camera and shot his first short film named ""Un dia"". By 1968 and already working"
"America – and give them an opportunity to try to change things"". On August 24, 2007, Russo died at the age of 64 of cancer at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Aaron Russo Aaron Russo (; February 14, 1943 – August 24, 2007) was an American entertainment businessman, film producer and director, and political activist. He was best known for producing such movies as ""Trading Places"", ""Wise Guys"", and ""The Rose"". Later in life, he created various Libertarian-leaning political documentaries including ""Mad as Hell"" and """". After a six-year battle with cancer, Russo died on August 24, 2007. Aaron"
"office until 1963. In 1965, Lavery became director of business affairs for 20th Century Fox Television. Two years later, he became Paramount Television's vice president of business affairs. Lavery formed Emmet G. Lavery Jr. Productions in 1975 and produced several television films, including ""Delancey Street: The Crisis Within"" (1975), ""Nero Wolfe"" (1977), ""The Ghost of Flight 401"" (1978) and ""Act of Violence"" (1979). His company also produced the ""Serpico"" television series. Lavery joined DLT Entertainment as vice president of business affairs in 1981, remaining in that position until retiring in 2010. Lavery died of natural causes in Encino, California, on"
"Alejandro González Iñárritu Alejandro González Iñárritu (; ; credited since 2014 as Alejandro G. Iñárritu; born August 15, 1963) is a Mexican film director, producer, and screenwriter. His feature films have garnered critical acclaim and numerous accolades, including five Academy Awards. In 2006, he became the first Mexican director to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director and the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing for ""Babel"". In 2015, he won three Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay for ""Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)"" (2014). The following year, he"
"(ACE), of New York. Servando González Servando González Hernández (15 May 1923 – 5 October 2008) was a Mexican film director. He died in Mexico City on 5 October 2008, at the age of 85. Servando Gonzalez was the winner of 25 awards with Yanco cinematographic film and participated as co star in dozens of films of Mexican Cinema Gold by the name of Alberto Ramirez actor. Press Chief was Mexican President Adolfo Lopez Mateos and has always characterized by simplicity and talented actor, director, writer and film producer, according to his official biographer Wilbert Alonzo-Cabrera, former vice president of"
"at the 1974 Cannes Film Festival. His last few horror films were Spanish/ American co-productions. He apparently retired from filmmaking in 1992 at age 63. Larraz died, aged 84, in Málaga on 3 September 2013. José Ramón Larraz José Ramón Larraz Gil (1929 – 3 September 2013) was a Spanish director of exploitation and horror films such as the erotic and bloody ""Vampyres"" (1974). Born in Barcelona, Larraz started his career as a comics writer for magazines like Pilote and Spirou. His most known creation was the action-comic series ""Paul Foran"", which he wrote under the name ""Gil"". Larraz began"
"networks and 14 cable channels - from MTV to HBO. Shapiro is a native of Los Angeles and a graduate of UCLA. Arnold Shapiro Arnold Shapiro (born February 1, 1941) is an American television producer and writer. His best known work is the 1978 Oscar and Emmy-winning documentary, ""Scared Straight!"" His other productions include the CBS reality series, ""Rescue 911"", hosted by William Shatner (1989–1996) and the CBS reality series, ""Big Brother"" (2001–2016); the ABC documentary series, ""Brat Camp"" (2005); the documentary, ""Scared Silent: Exposing & Ending Child Abuse"", hosted by Oprah Winfrey (1992) which aired as a simulcast on"
"during World War II. He was married to Evelyn Twersky and had two children, Nicholas, a producer, and Jody, a lawyer. Goodman died on May 2, 2015 in New York City, aged 89. Philip S. Goodman Philip Solomon Goodman (February 20, 1926 – May 2, 2015) was an American screenwriter, producer, and director. He was perhaps best known for directing the drama film ""We Shall Return"" (1963), starring Cesar Romero. He also wrote for television series such as ""Profiles in Courage"", ""Danger"", ""Alfred Hitchcock Presents"", ""Rocky King Detective"", and ""Johnny Staccato"". He also directed plays at the Actors Studio. Goodman"
"vegan diet. Wagner Moura Wagner Maniçoba de Moura (born 27 June 1976) is a Brazilian journalist, director, musician, film, television and stage actor. Besides being a well-established and acclaimed actor in Brazil, he has achieved widespread international fame for his roles such as Capitan (later Colonel) Roberto Nascimento, protagonist of the highly successful film Elite Squad (2007) and its sequel: (2010). He also played a major role in globally movie Elysium (2013) as Spider, and the lead role of Pablo Escobar for the first two season in the Netflix series Narcos (2015 to 2016), for which he received a Golden"
"Cirio Jr. His third son Cyril died just a few months earlier. Quentin Tarantino counts Santiago among his influences and based some of the characters in ""Kill Bill"" on Santiago’s movies. Cirio H. Santiago Cirio H. Santiago (January 18, 1936 – September 26, 2008) was a prolific Filipino film producer, director, writer and cinematographer. He also uses the screen names: Cirio Santiago and Leonard Hermes. Santiago was born on January 18, 1936 in Manila, Philippines to Dr. Ciriaco Santiago, the founder of Manila’s Premiere Productions, and his wife Adela Hermoso. He had two siblings, Danilo H. Santiago and Digna H."
"notably ""They Came to Rob Las Vegas"". He abandoned directing for a decade after making ""El Perro"" (""The Dog"") in 1977 in favour of producing and distributing films before returning to the director's chair with ""El Aire de un Crimen"" (""The Hint of a Crime"") in 1987. He directed 13 feature films, wrote eleven and produced eight. In 1981, he was the a member the jury at the 31st Berlin International Film Festival. He had one daughter, María Isasi, from his relationship with the actress Marisa Paredes. Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi Lasa (22 March 1927 – 28 September 2017) was"
"films, with the exception of ""Amores perros"", showcases at least one Academy Award nominated performance. Alejandro González Iñárritu Alejandro González Iñárritu (; ; credited since 2014 as Alejandro G. Iñárritu; born August 15, 1963) is a Mexican film director, producer, and screenwriter. His feature films have garnered critical acclaim and numerous accolades, including five Academy Awards. In 2006, he became the first Mexican director to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director and the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing for ""Babel"". In 2015, he won three Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best"
"Jon Favreau Jonathan Kolia Favreau (; born October 19, 1966) is an American actor, director, producer and screenwriter. As an actor, he is known for roles in films such as ""Rudy"" (1993), ""Swingers"" (1996) (which he also wrote), ""Very Bad Things"" (1998), ""The Break-Up"" (2006), ""Friends"" (1994-2004), ""Couples Retreat"" (2009), and ""Chef"" (2014) (which he also directed). He has additionally directed the films ""Elf"" (2003), """" (2005), ""Iron Man"" (2008), ""Iron Man 2"" (2010), ""Cowboys & Aliens"" (2011), and ""The Jungle Book"" (2016), and served as an executive producer on ""The Avengers"" (2012), ""Iron Man 3"" (2013), """" (2015), """""
"Héctor Babenco Héctor Eduardo Babenco (February 7, 1946July 13, 2016) was an Argentine-born Brazilian film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. He worked in several countries including Argentina, Brazil and the United States. His best known films are ""Pixote"" (1980), ""Kiss of the Spider Woman"" (1985), ""Ironweed"" (1987), ""At Play in the Fields of the Lord"" (1990) and ""Carandiru"" (2003). Babenco was born in Buenos Aires and raised in Mar del Plata. His mother, Janka Haberberg, was a Polish Jewish immigrant, and his father, Jaime Babenco, was an Argentine ""gaucho"" of Ukrainian Jewish origin. Babenco lived in Europe from 1964 to"
"Rodrigo Cortés Rodrigo Cortés Giráldez (born May 31, 1973) is a Spanish film director, producer, screenwriter, editor, and occasional actor. He directed the 2010 psychological thriller ""Buried"". Cortés was born in Pazos Hermos (Cenlle), Galicia, Spain. Cortés's fondness for film making started at an early age. At 16 he had already directed his first short film in Super 8. In 1998 he directed the short ""Yul"" that won over 20 awards and in 2001 he released ""15 Days"", a fake documentary in the form of a large short film that earned over 57 awards at festivals, becoming the most awarded"