Overview
- Medak died peacefully in Los Angeles on Tuesday, October 27, his family announced and publications reported.
- Across a six‑decade career he directed 27 feature films and roughly 59 television episodes in genres from horror and black comedy to crime drama.
- His 1980 supernatural film The Changeling won eight Genie Awards and is widely cited by directors such as Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese as an influential ghost story.
- Medak’s career included both acclaimed work and high‑profile setbacks, notably the chaotic 1974 production Ghost in the Noonday Sun with Peter Sellers that Columbia shelved and that Medak later examined in his 2018 documentary The Ghost of Peter Sellers.
- He is survived by his children Christopher, Joshua, Karen and Cornelia and five grandchildren, and his death has prompted widespread obituaries and tributes from colleagues and fans online.