Director James Foley, known in particular for signing Fifty darker tones AND Fifty lighter tonesHe died of brain cancer, his agent announced this Thursday, May 8. He was 71 years old.
According to his agent, James Foley died “peacefully while sleeping this week”, at his home in Los Angeles, after fighting brain cancer “for several years.”
Born in 1953, James Foley had begun his career in the cinema in the 1980s. He had marked the spirits with the thriller As a rabid dogtransported by Sean Penn and Christopher Walken.
Madonna, who had signed the soundtrack of As a rabid dogThen he hired him to make several of his clips (True blue, Dad do not predict). They had collaborated one last time in comedy Who is that girl?of which Madonna was the star.
Two films with Al Pacino
In the 1990s, James Foley joined Al Pacino for two projects. The first, which has become a cult, is an adaptation of the work Glengarry Glen RossWith the credits Jack Lemmon, Alec Baldwin, Ed Harris and Kevin Spacey.
James Foley then found Al Pacino for drama Moment of happinessOn Italian immigrants in the United States. Then he worked with stars like Gene Hackman, Mark Wahlberg or Halle Berry in Thrillers with a mixed success.
Before connecting to success in the 2010 with success with Fifty darker tones AND Fifty lighter tonesThe consequences of Fifty tones of grayI had worked on television, especially signing 12 episodes of Letters house.
Source: BFM TV
