Veteran Hollywood
musicals director Stanley Donen has died aged 94, according to US media
reports.
Donen received an
honorary Oscar in 1998, and performed an impromptu dance
The director was
perhaps best known for the 1952 musical Singin' in the Rain, which he co-directed
with its star Gene Kelly.
His other films
included On the Town, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and Funny Face.
The Chicago Tribune
first reported Donen's death, citing one of his sons, Mark.
A former Broadway
dancer, Donen moved into cinema as a choreographer, then as a director.
He translated his
love for dance to the big screen with the help of Kelly and Fred Astaire.
Singin' in the Rain was named the greatest movie musical of all time by the
American Film Institute in 2006.
Singin' in the Rain
starred Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds
Edgar Wright, who
directed films including Hot Fuzz, paid tribute to the breadth of Donen's work,
from musicals to thrillers, while Mission Impossible filmmaker Christopher
McQuarrie said that Donen "understood when to move and when to let others
do the moving".
Edgar Wright, who
directed films including Hot Fuzz, paid tribute to the breadth of Donen's work,
from musicals to thrillers, while Mission Impossible filmmaker Christopher
McQuarrie said that Donen "understood when to move and when to let others
do the moving"
In 1998, Donen was
awarded an honorary Oscar by director Martin Scorcese "in appreciation for
a body of work marked by grace, elegance, wit and visual innovation".
In his acceptance
speech, he performed an impromptu song and dance routine while clutching his
Oscar.
The key to a
successful film, he once said, was a great script, great songs and great
actors. "When filming starts, you show up and you stay the hell out of the
way."
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