LA Confidential director Curtis Hanson dies aged 71

Passed away: Curtis Hanson has died age 71
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Rashid Razaq21 September 2016
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Curtis Hanson, who directed the movies LA Confidential and 8 Mile, has died at the age of 71.

The filmmaker, who had Alzheimer’s, was found dead at his Hollywood home yesterday. Police said he died of natural causes.

LA Confidential, starring Guy Pearce, Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe and Kim Basinger, was nominated for nine Academy Awards in 1998.

Hanson, along with Brian Helgeland, won an Oscar for best adapted screenplay of the 1990 novel of the same name by James Ellroy.

Basinger also won the best supporting actress Oscar.

Crowe wrote on Twitter: "Thank you for believing in me & standing your ground. In reality you made my job a career. Love & respect my friend."

Hanson also directed Wonder Boys, starring Michael Douglas, and Eminem’s 8 Mile, which fictionalised the rapper’s life story.

In a statement, he said: "Curtis Hanson believed in me and our crazy idea to make a rap battle movie set in Detroit.

"He basically made me into an actor for 8 Mile. I'm lucky I got to know him."

His other films included The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, The River Wild and In Her Shoes.

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