Hollywood director and choreographer Stanley Donen has died at age 94.
One of Donen's sons confirmed the news, according to the Chicago Tribune's Michael Phillips. 'A huge, often neglected talent,' Phillips tweeted Saturday morning.
The icon was best known for his hit film Singin’ in the Rain - which he co-directed with Gene Kelly - as well as Funny Face, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, On the Town and Charade.
Sad loss: Hollywood director and choreographer Stanley Donen has died at age 94. Seen in 2004
His biggest hit: He co-directed Singin' In The Rain with Debbie Reynolds and Gene Kelly in 1952
More dancing: In 1954 he came out with Seven Brides For Seven Brothers which starred Jane Powell and Howard Keel
Star friends: With Elizabeth Taylor in 1951
Donen never received an Academy Award nomination and never won a regulation Directors Guild of America trophy.
But in 1998 the director was presented an honorary Oscar by Martin Scorsese 'in appreciation of a body of work marked by grace, elegance, wit and visual innovation.'
The South Carolina native was one of the top architects of the great musicals of the Fifties and Sixties.
'I saw Fred Astaire in Flying Down to Rio when I was 9 years old, and it changed my life,' he told Vanity Fair in March 2013. 'It just seemed wonderful, and my life wasn’t wonderful. The joy of dancing to music! And Fred was so amazing, and Ginger — oh, God! Ginger!'
Good chemistry on film: Stanley directed Kelly and Cyd Charisse in the 1955 hit It's Always Fair Weather
His first job was in 1940 as a dancer in the chorus of Pal Joey, starring Kelly.
They then went on to work on Best Foot Forward. Next was Cover Girl (1944) and Living in a Big Way (1947).
Donen co-wrote with Kelly the story for Busby Berkeley’s Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949), which starred Kelly, Frank Sinatra and Esther Williams.
Donen and Fred Astaire then collaborated in 1951's Royal Wedding. He was behind Astaire's dancing up the walls and across the ceiling.
They clicked: In 1957 he worked with Audrey Hepburn in one of her biggest hits: Funny Face
Next: The two would go on to made the 1963 film thriller Charade, which was full of color, witty repartee and clever scenes. Cary Grant was her co-star
Close up: Donen, who was from South Carolina, is seen here in the mid 1960s
For the 1952 film Singin’ in the Rain the choreographer was some of the best ever put on film.
'He danced in puddles, which had to be in the exact spot, and the exact timing,' Donen told ABC’s Diane Sawyer in 2012 of working with Gene. 'We had to dig the cement out and make it for him to splash at that point … so you have to rehearse it very much.'
'He was a dancer and knew that movement was everything: the beat of the image, the movement of the image, the rhythm of the image — he makes the camera dance,' his biographer, USC professor Drew Casper, said.
His favorite star: And then they collaborated on the 1967 film Two For The Road, using innovative editing techniques. The drama went back and forth in time to skillfully show how a marriage fell apart
Star power: Albert Finney also starred as the lost and confused husband
In 1998 the director was presented an honorary Oscar by Martin Scorsese
Stanley directed Kelly and Chyd Charisse in the 1955 hit It's Always Fair Weather.
In 1957 he worked with Audrey Hepburn in one of her biggest hits: Funny Face.
The two would go on to made the 1963 film thriller Charade, which was full of color, witty repartee and clever scenes. Cary Grant was her co-star.
And then they collaborated on the 1967 film Two For The Road, using innovative editing techniques. The drama went back and forth in time to skillfully show how a marriage fell apart.
Albert Finney also starred as the lost and confused husband.
His 1984 film Blame It On Rio made a star of Demi Moore. Also in the film were Michael Caine, Michelle Johnson and Joseph Bologna.
His last big project was the 1999 TV Movie Love Letters with Laura Linney and Steven Weber.
Donan was married to Jeanne Coyne from 1948-51, to actress Marion Marshall from 1952-59; to English countess Adelle Beatty from 1960-71; and to actress Yvette Mimieux from 1972-85.
His most recent partner was writer-director Elaine May.
Birth of an A-lister: His 1984 film Blame It On Rio made a star of Demi Moore. Also in the film were Michael Caine, Michelle Johnson and Joseph Bologna
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Main photo article Hollywood director and choreographer Stanley Donen has died at age 94.
One of Donen’s sons confirmed the news, according to the Chicago Tribune’s Michael Phillips. ‘A huge, often neglected talent,’ Phillips tweeted Saturday morning.
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Emily Ratajkowski is a showman, on and off the stage. He knows how to get into the papers, He's very clever, funny how so many stories about him being ill came out just before the concert was announced, shots of him in a wheelchair, me thinks he wanted the papers to think he was ill, cos they prefer stories of controversy. Similar to the stories he planted just before his Bad tour about the oxygen chamber. Worked a treat lol. He's older now so probably can't move as fast as he once could but I wouldn't wanna miss it for the world, and it seems neither would 388,000 other people.
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