British film director Anthony Minghella dies · 2008-03-18 19:14
British film director and writer Anthony Minghella has died at the age of 54, his agent has said.
Minghella, whose films include Truly, Madly, Deeply and Cold Mountain, was chairman of the British Film Institute.
In 1997, he won an Oscar for directing The English Patient and was also Oscar-nominated for writing the screenplay for 1999's The Talented Mr Ripley, BBC informs.
He has also directed a TV episode of book The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, due to be screened this Easter.
A 90-minute pilot, directed by Minghella and co-written with Richard Curtis, is due to be screened on BBC One.
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