Curtis Hanson, American filmmaker and director of the acclaimed "LA Confidential", died yesterday in Los Angeles, specifically at his home in Hollywood Hills. The city police received a call from his home requesting an emergency medical team, but could do nothing to save his life. According to the official report, death is due to natural causes.
There is no doubt that the movie starring Kim Basinger, Kevin Spacey and Russell Crowe was a success, a perfect adaptation of the James Ellroy novel that paid a great tribute to the archetypes of classic film noir. A film that will go down in the history of cinema as one of the best of all time.
"LA Confidential"
It is clear that this was his great film, as shown by the many nominations and awards he received at the time. From 9 Oscar nominations He managed to win 2 statuettes, one for Hanson himself for the adapted script and another for Kim Basinger for his performance, who also won the Golden Globe.
In total, "LA Confidential" won more than 50 major awards around the world, succeeding in all major categories in many cases.
Curtis Hanson filmography
But not only "LA Confidential" is part of Curtis Hanson's film history, although it is true that after that great success, in 1997, he only directed 5 more films. Among all his filmography we can highlight "8 miles", "In his shoes", "Chasing Mavericks", "The hand that rocks the cradle" or "Sweet Kill", the first one he directed.
His last job related to this world was in 2014, when he was an executive producer on the TV movie "Hoke." As for the cinema, the last film directed by him was "Chasing Mavericks" in 2012, starring Gerard Butler, Jonny Weston, Elisabeth Sue and Abigail Spencer, among others.