Overview
- A family spokesperson said he died of kidney failure on Jan. 8 in Los Angeles at age 70.
- Over four decades he worked in production management and producing on more than 60 films.
- Notable credits include Dances With Wolves, Gravity, The Pursuit of Happyness, The LEGO Movie, Crazy, Stupid, Love and The Hangover trilogy.
- His final feature, Final Destination: Bloodlines, earned about $51 million in its opening weekend and grossed roughly $315 million worldwide on a budget near $50 million.
- Colleagues and a New Line representative praised his problem-solving and mentorship; a Jan. 25 memorial is planned, with donations directed to Wags & Walks and the Entertainment Community Fund.