Filmmaker James Foley Has Passed Away

Filmmaker James Foley, who helmed the “Glengarry Glen Ross” film adaptation, has passed away at the age of 71 following a yearlong battle with brain cancer.Foley made his directorial debut on the Aiden Quinn-Daryl Hannah teen romance tale “Reckless” in 1984 followed by the Sean Penn-Christopher Walken action film “At Close Range”.Around the same time he went on to direct several Madonna music videos, including “Papa Don’t Preach,” “True Blue” and “Live to Tell”.

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tech/live/liveView.php?s=113101', 'widgetLoaded');His most famous film works were 1992’s film adaptation of David Mamet’s celebrated real estate salesman play “Glengarry Glen Ross” and the 1996 Mark Wahlberg-led teen thriller “Fear”.Other works included Madonna-led “Who’s That Girl,” neo-noir crime thriller “After Dark, My Sweet ,” the John Grisham adaptation “The Chamber,” Ed Burns crime drama “Confidence,” Wahlberg & Chow Yun-Fat action film “The Corruptor,” the Halle Berry erotic thriller “Perfect Stranger,” and the two “Fifty Shades” sequels.

He was also a known TV director, helming episodes of “Twin Peaks,” “Hannibal,” “Wayward Pines” and “Billions” along with being one of the key directors of multiple episodes per season on the first three seasons of Netflix’s “House of Cards”.Foley is survived by brother Kevin Foley, sisters Eileen and Jo Ann Foley and nephew Quinn Foley and their respective spouses.Source: DeadlineThe post Filmmaker James Foley Has Passed Away appeared first on Dark Horizons.

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