Oscar-nominated producer and long-time member of the Director Guild of America’s nationwide board (DGA), Duncan Henderson, died at the age of 72 in Valencia, California. The news of his demise was confirmed by the DGA representatives to Variety. He handed away on Tuesday because of pancreatic most cancers. Steve Bing, Liz Hurley’s Ex and Hollywood Producer Dies by Suicide.
Henderson labored as a unit manufacturing supervisor, assistant director and producer on a number of notable movies. He obtained an Oscar nomination for producing Peter Weir’s 2004 film Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. His different manufacturing credit embrace Dead Poets Society, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, Deep Blue Sea, The Perfect Storm, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, G-Force, The Way Back, Battleship, Oblivion, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil and Space Jam: A New Legacy.
In an announcement, DGA president Lesli Linka Glatter, mentioned, ‘A DGA member for over 40 years, Duncan’s degree of ardour, service and dedication was past exemplary. It is tough to overstate how a lot Duncan meant to the DGA and his fellow members. His love for his Guild and its members shone brightly.’
After graduating from the DGA-Producer Assistant Directors Training Program, Henderson joined the DGA in 1980 and later in 2004 grew to become a trustee for this system. Starting in 2002, he served 10 phrases on the Guild’s Western AD/UPM Council, together with a time period because the council chair. He was elected onto the guild’s nationwide board in 2005 and served eight consecutive phrases. Robert (*72*), ‘The Godfather’ and ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ Producer Dies at 89.
Apart from that, he additionally served as an assistant director on movies like Halloween II, Big Trouble and Rocky IV. As a DGA trainee, he labored on the movies American Gigolo and Heaven’s Gate. Henderson is survived by his spouse Michelle and 4 kids, as per Variety.
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