Anthony Minghella has died

[lemonpig]

From DS:

Director Minghella dies, aged 54
Tuesday, March 18 2008, 13:22 GMT

By Beth Hilton, Entertainment Reporter

Director Anthony Minghella has died at the age of 54, his agent has confirmed.

The British filmmaker, who won an Oscar for The English Patient in 1996, recently finished work on feature-length TV pilot The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency.

His other credits include Truly, Madly, Deeply, Cold Mountain and The Talented Mr Ripley.

He had been chairman of the British Film Institute since 2003 and was appointed a CBE in 2001.

Minghella, who was born on the Isle of Wight, is survived by his wife, Hong Kong-born choreographer Carolyn Choa, and children Max and Hannah.

[babyduck]

This is such sad news. He was an incredibly talented director. One of his last projects, a 90 minute adaptation of The No 1 Ladies detective Agency, will be shown on BBC this Easter, & I'm sure it will be a fantastic & faithful adaptation of the first of a wonderful series of books. A series of Tv drama's adapted by other books in the series was planned, but whether that will now go ahead without Mighella, I have no idea. I really do feel very sad that he has died.

[PamA]

It is sad news - 54 is no great age. Sounds like you're a fan of the No.1 Ladies Detective Agency books Babyduck - I've read them all and love them. I wonder if the film on Sunday will be shown in his memory?

[Katrina]

I've never really read that series of books but I had to write about of the authors other books for my GCSE exam. I didn't really enjoy that text passage all that much but I may watch this film on Sunday just to see what it's like.

54 is a really young age.

[babyduck]

I love all Alexander McCall Smith's books, though the Sunday Philosophy Club series are a bit less enjoyable than the rest. My husband doesn't like the sound of any of them (he dismisses most of what I read as Chick-lit!!) but I'm hoping after he sees the No 1 Ladies on TV he'll change his mind. And yes, 54 is far too young ( it's only a wee bit older than me, & I hope I'll be around for years
& years)