James Foley, the filmmaker who helmed two of the Fifty Shades Of Grey sequels after launching his career directing music videos for Madonna, has died at 71.
While an official cause of death has not been announced since Foley’s death earlier this week, his representative confirmed to TMZ that he had been battling brain cancer.
Foley is also known for directing the film version of David Mamet’s classic stage play Glengarry Glen Ross (1992), which had an ensemble cast featuring. Al Pacino, Kevin Spacey, Jack Lemmon, Ed Harris, Alan Arkin and Alec Baldwin in a role that was written specially for the film version.
Although the film was a box office disappointment, it’s not regarded as a cult classic.
Foley’s 1996 thriller Fear became a modest hit and helped launch the careers of its young stars: Mark Wahlberg and Reese Witherspoon.
In the same year, he released the legal thriller The Chamber, which starred Gene Hackman and Chris O’Donnell, but his biggest successes were his final films, the sequels Fifty Shades Darker and Fifty Shades Freed, both of which were box office hits.
James Foley, the filmmaker who helmed two of the Fifty Shades Of Grey sequels after launching his career directing music videos for Madonna, has died at 71 following a battle with brain cancer
