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It is a cinema monument that left us this Thursday, May 8, 2025, James Foley died at the age of 71 from brain cancer. The director notably known for having signed episodes of House of Cards and the two suites of 50 shades of Gray gone “in his sleep”, announces his family.
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The family House of Cards is once again bereaved. After the disappearance in 2022 of the singer and actress Marva Hick who played the role of Marian Shields, an assistant by President Garrett Walker in the series, this time it was one of the key directors of the James Foley show who died this Thursday, May 8, 2025. The director from Brooklyn had carried out twelve episodes of the successful political series Kevin Spacey. A 71 -year -old, he had been fighting for several years for brain cancer. According to a press release from his agent published on the site Hollywood Reporterhe died out “peacefully in his sleep at the start of the week” in Los Angeles.
-But James Foley’s career is not just about this foray on the small screen. He is also known for having made the two suites of the film 50 erent of Greet : 50 darker shades in 2017 and 50 clearer shades In 2018. These adaptations of the famous literary saga of El James to world success were marked by a filming very supervised by the author herself. Note, moreover, that Jamie Dornan was not the first choice for the role of Christian Gray, it was Charlie Hunnam who was originally to take on the costume of the sulphurous billionaire but he withdrew to keep a promise with Guillermo del Toro.
A solid career beyond the mainstream works
Beyond these consumer works, James Foley won in the 1980s with significant films. He realizes Like a rabid dog (At Close Range1986), a dramatic thriller hailed by criticism, carried by Sean Penn and Christopher Walken. In 1992, he signed the adaptation of the famous camera Glengarry Glen Rosswith an impressive cast composed of Al Pacino, Alec Baldwin, Jack Lemmon and Kevin Spacey. Passionate about staging in all its forms, James Foley had also collaborated with Madonna, for which he made several emblematic clips after their meeting on the set of Like a rabid dog. Among them, we remember in particular Live to Tell, Papa Don’t Preach et True Blue. Finally, James Foley had also left his footprint on Twin Peaksby making the 17ᵉ episode of season 2 of the series of David Lynch. We send all our thoughts and condolences to his family, friends and all those who were marked by his work.
Beyond these consumer works, James Foley won in the 1980s with significant films. He realizes Like a rabid dog (At Close Range1986), a dramatic thriller hailed by criticism, carried by Sean Penn and Christopher Walken. In 1992, he signed the adaptation of the famous camera Glengarry Glen Rosswith an impressive cast composed of Al Pacino, Alec Baldwin, Jack Lemmon and Kevin Spacey. Passionate about staging in all its forms, James Foley had also collaborated with Madonna, for which he made several emblematic clips after their meeting on the set of Like a rabid dog. Among them, we remember in particular Live to Tell, Papa Don’t Preach et True Blue. Finally, James Foley had also left his footprint on Twin Peaksby making the 17ᵉ episode of season 2 of the series of David Lynch. We send all our thoughts and condolences to his family, friends and all those who were marked by his work.
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