James Foley has handed away. The Glengarry Glen Ross director was 71 years outdated.
Different notable works that Foley made all through his profession embody At Shut Vary, Fifty Shades Darker, Fifty Shades Freed, and extra.
In keeping with Deadline, Foley handed away earlier this week following a yearlong battle with mind most cancers.
Foley was born in Brooklyn, New York, on December 28, 1953. He made his function movie directorial debut in 1984, which was written by Chris Columbus and stars Aidan Quinn, Daryl Hannah, Kenneth McMillan, and extra.
He adopted that up by directing Madonna’s “Gown You Up” music video in 1985. Foley labored with Madonna numerous occasions all through his profession, as he additionally directed music movies for “Dwell to Inform,” “Papa Don’t Preach,” “True Blue,” “The Look of Love,” and extra.
Foley made his second function movie, At Shut Vary, in 1986. Following 1990’s After Darkish, My Candy, he then made 1992’s Glengarry Glen Ross, a widely known movie that stars Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Alec Baldwin, Ed Harris, and extra. Glengarry Glen Ross earned Pacino a Greatest Supporting Oscar nomination that yr, amongst different accolades.
Foley helmed a handful of different films after that — 1995’s Two Bits, 1996’s Concern, 1996’s The Chamber, 1999’s The Corruptor, 2003’s Confidence, 2007’s Excellent Stranger, and 2007’s Reel Expertise — earlier than he largely started to give attention to tv, although he did direct an episode of David Lynch’s Twin Peaks in 1991. He labored on exhibits akin to Hannibal, Home of Playing cards, Wayward Pines, and Billions.
In his later years, Foley directed the 2 remaining movies within the Fifty Shades of Gray franchise, Fifty Shades Darker and Fifty Shades Freed, with Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan.
“He’s survived by brother Kevin Foley, sisters Eileen and Jo Ann Foley, and nephew Quinn Foley and their respective spouses,” Deadline’s article notes. “He was predeceased by one other brother, Gerard Foley.”
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