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23 April 2009 5:46 AM, PDT | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »

Legendary cinematographer and filmmaker Jack Cardiff passed away yesterday at the age of 94. An Oscar winner for Black Narcissus, in 1948, Cardiff's career as cinematographer spanned an astonishing eight decades, with his career in films going all the way back to an 1918 acting job.Cardiff will be best remembered for his long collaboration with directors Powell & Pressburger on films like A Matter of Life & Death and The Red Shoes, but he also worked on classics like The African Queen for John Huston, The Barefoot Contessa for Joseph L. Mankiewicz and King Vidor's War and Peace.Cardiff also directed films of his own, the most successful of which was probably Sons and Lovers, starring Trevor Howard and Dean Stockwell. He was working well into this century, and leaves behind a wife and four sons.Asked once which of his many credits he was most proud of, Cardiff replied, "Naturally, I am proud of successful films »

4 March 2009 8:10 AM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »

Movie producer Robert Haggiag has died at the age of 95.

Haggiag passed away on 1 March in Rome, Italy.

The prolific moviemaker, born in Libya, entered the film industry in the 1940s and co-founded Dear Films, which later became an Italian distributor for films made by 20th Century Fox and United Artists.

He went on to produce such films as 1954's Beat the Devil, starring Humphrey Bogart and 1957's Legend Of The Lost, which paired up John Wayne and Sophia Loren on-screen.

He also produced 1954's The Barefoot Contessa, starring Bogart and Ava Gardner, which went on to win a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for Edmond O'Brien in 1955.

In 1965, he received the best producer David di Donatello award, Italy's top industry honour.

Haggiag is survived by his wife Mirella and their three sons, Michael and Simone, who are both producers, and Jacopo. »

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