Foley worked for more than three decades in cinema, television and musical videos, having prominent collaborations with Madonna.
The filmmaker James Foleywhich directed the sequels of Fifty Gray Shadows And the drama Glengarry Glen Rosshe died at age 71.
A representative told The Hollywood Reporter portal that Foley died “peacefully while sleeping earlier this week” at his home in Los Angeles after a “fighting of years” against brain cancer.
Born in Brooklyn in 1953, Foley worked for more than three decades in film, television and musical videos. One of his most outstanding collaborations was with Madonnawith whom he worked in the 80s in three musical videos (“Live To Tell”, “Pope Don’t Preach” and “True Blue”) before directing the star in WHO’s That Girl 1987.
In the 90s, he directed the corporate drama Glengarry Glen Rosson four real estate agents who desperately fight to save their jobs. The film was not a box office success, but it became a cult classic, winning an Oscar nomination to its protagonist, To the Pacinoand becoming one of the most famous roles of his co -star, Alec Baldwinwith his famous speech “Coffee is for those who close”, which the actor repeated in Saturday Night Live in 2005.
James Foley television work
On television, Foley directed episodes of the classic of David Lynch, Twin Peaksas well as the thriller Hannibalstarring Mads Mikkelsenand 12 episodes of Netflix’s success, House of Cards. He worked in the first three seasons of the political drama, starring Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright.
His last work as director would be the successful sequelae of Fifty Gray Shadows of 2015. After announcing that the original director, Sam Taylor-Johnsonhe would not return to the aftermath, Foley joined the screenwriter Niall Leonard to perform the second and third part in 2016.
Fifty darkest shadows It was released in 2017, and the last installment, Fifty shadows releasedit premiered the following year. The films raised $ 753 million at the box office.
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