Academy Award winner David Seidler, author of The King’s Speech, dies at age 86 while fishing.
British screenwriter David Seidler, known for The King’s Speech, died at the age of 86. It was reported by The Hollywood Reporter.
It was learned that the celebrity died on March 16 while fishing in New Zealand.
“David is in the place he loves most in the world – New Zealand, doing what gave him the greatest peace of mind – fly fishing. If he had such an opportunity, everything would be exactly as he wrote in the script. , ” said the screenwriter’s manager, Jeff Agassi.
According to him, Seidler continued to enjoy screenwriting and at the time of his death had several documentaries, miniseries and feature films in development.
David Seidler was born in 1937, grew up in London, and then moved with his family to New York. He started his career as a screenwriter in 1970.
It brought to the big screen the true story of King George VI (Colin Firth), who overcame his severe stammer with the help of Australian speech therapist Lionel Logue.
The film was released in 2010 and was directed by Tom Gooper. Starring Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter, Geoffrey Rush and Guy Pearce.
Tape “The King’s Speech!” is a one-time award season winner. He received the most nominations for the 2011 Oscars – 12, of which he won seven, including the Best Picture category. And Seidler received a statuette for Best Original Screenplay.
He also won his first Writers Guild Award for the 1988 biopic Onassis: The Richest Man in the World.
It was previously reported that the British actor of the Star Wars film saga, Michael Culver, has died.
Source: korrespondent
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