Academy Award winning director (and one of my favorites EVER) Anthony Minghella passed away on March 18, 2008. Sadly, I was away and only learned the sad news now. Minghella (even with such a small filmography) was one of the most talented working directors of these days. Not only did he direct the 1996 Best Picture "The English Patient" (which he won an Oscar for), but he directed two other fantastic masterpieces: "The Talented Mr. Ripley" (1999) and civil war romance "Cold Mountain" (2003); one of my most favorite movies of all time! Its such a sad waste that he died so young. Minghella also directed 5 different actors to Oscar nominations for their respective roles: Ralph Fiennes, Kirsten Scott Thomas and Julliette Binoche for "The English Patient", Renee Zellwegger for "Cold Mountain" and his muse Jude Law (who appeared in a number of his movies) for "The Talented Mr. Ripley" and "Cold Mountain". Zellwegger and Binoche won for their respective supporting roles. Mingella is a master of his craft and since he didn't live forever, he will live in his masterpieces that define some of the best directional work in modern cinema.
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