ANTHONY MINGHELLA: 1954 TO 2008

ANTHONY MINGHELLA: RIP
Talented director, writer and producer of some of the most grand movies to date, has died from complications during treatment for cancer at 54. His eye caught to big picture and made it more elaborate and twice as majestic than anyone could have imagined. He won accolades for his work on The Talented Mr. Ripley, Cold Mountain, the English Patient.

"He wasn't just a writer, or a writer-director, he was someone who was very well-known and very well-loved within the film community," Puttnam said. "Frankly he was far too young to have gone." Minghella is survived by his wife; his actor son, Max Minghella; and his daughter, Hannah. (From the AP)