Jules Dassin, film director, dies aged 96
Jules Dassin, the controversial veteran film director who fled the US during the anti-communist witch-hunts of the 1950s, has died aged 96.
Director Eric Rohmer, one of the giants of modern French cinema, has died at age 89, his production company Campagnie Eric Rohmer said Monday.With other groundbreaking filmmakers, such as Jean-Luc Godard and Francois Truffaut, Rohmer was one of the founders of French New Wave cinema that in the 1950s and 1960s transformed French and world cinema forever.