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Monday, May 25, 2015
Michael Birkett
Director and producer -- via the Independent. An immensely influential figure who started off working on films such as "The Ladykillers" and "Billy Budd"; he hlped preserve much of Peter Brook's finest work on film -- "Marat/Sade," the Scofield "King Lear," and "Mahabarata."
