British filmmaker Anthony Minghella, whose 1996 movie "The English Patient" garnered nine Oscars, has died, his agent said on 18th March.
The writer and director, whose other box office hits include "The Talented Mr Ripley" and "Cold Mountain," was 54, the agent added. - Source: DDNEWS
He was Chairman of the Board of Governors at the British Film Institute between 2003 and 2007.
Minghella died on 18 March 2008[1] of a haemorrhage in Charing Cross Hospital, London, following an operation the previous week to remove cancer of the tonsils and neck. Several of Minghella's friends and colleagues, actors and actress such as Jude Law, Kevin Spacey, Ralph Fiennes, Gwyneth Paltrow all led tributes. Other's came from Prime Minister Gordon Brown, John Berry, BBC creative director Alan Yentob as well as fellow director Sydney Pollack and Lord Puttnam. - Reports Wikipedia
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