The careers of some brilliant directors of world cinema had been cut short due to their deaths at a relatively young age, often at the height of their work.
Among those who died at young are, often at the prime of their careers:
Ashby, Hal, 1988, 59
Cassavetes, John, 1989; 59
Farrow, John, 1963, 59
Fassbinder, 1982; 36
Fleming, Victor, 1949
Germi, Pietro, age 60
Kieslowski, age 54 (died in 1996)
Lubitsch, Ernst, 1947, 55
Murnau, F.W., age 44 (died in 1931)
Peckinpah, Sam
Perry, Frank, 1993, 60
Rossen, Robert, 1966, 58
Schertinger, 1941, age 53
Tarkovsky, age 54 (died in 1986)
Truffaut, age 52 (died in 1984)
Van Dyke, 1943, 56
Vigo, Jean, age 29 (died in 1934)
Wilde, Ted, 1929, age 40
Jean Vigo
Writing on Jean Vigo’s career the critic Andrew Johnston stated: “The ranks of the great film directors are short on Keatses and Shelleys, young artists cut off in their prime, leaving behind a handful of great works that suggest what might have been. But one who qualifies is Jean Vigo, the French director who died of tuberculosis at age 29 in 1934.” (the New York Times, June 11, 2000)
Directors: Death–Termination by Tragic, Untimely Death
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The careers of some brilliant directors of world cinema had been cut short due to their deaths at a relatively young age, often at the height of their work.
Among those who died at young are, often at the prime of their careers:
Ashby, Hal, 1988, 59
Cassavetes, John, 1989; 59
Farrow, John, 1963, 59
Fassbinder, 1982; 36
Fleming, Victor, 1949
Germi, Pietro, age 60
Kieslowski, age 54 (died in 1996)
Lubitsch, Ernst, 1947, 55
Murnau, F.W., age 44 (died in 1931)
Peckinpah, Sam
Perry, Frank, 1993, 60
Rossen, Robert, 1966, 58
Schertinger, 1941, age 53
Tarkovsky, age 54 (died in 1986)
Truffaut, age 52 (died in 1984)
Van Dyke, 1943, 56
Vigo, Jean, age 29 (died in 1934)
Wilde, Ted, 1929, age 40
Jean Vigo
Writing on Jean Vigo’s career the critic Andrew Johnston stated: “The ranks of the great film directors are short on Keatses and Shelleys, young artists cut off in their prime, leaving behind a handful of great works that suggest what might have been. But one who qualifies is Jean Vigo, the French director who died of tuberculosis at age 29 in 1934.” (the New York Times, June 11, 2000)