Richard Glatzer at the special screening of Still Alice. (Image courtesy: AFP File Photo)
Los Angeles:
Richard Glatzer, the co-director and co-writer of Still Alice, for which actress Julianne Moore won the Best Actress Oscar last month, died on March 11 aged 63 of ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease.
Wash Westmoreland, the film's co-director and his husband, said on Twitter:
Julianne, 54, who stars as a linguistics professor with early-onset Alzheimer's in Still Alice won her latest Academy Award on February 22, another high point in her career spanning a quarter-century.
ALS is a progressive degenerative nervous system disease that weakens muscles and physical functioning.
Wash Westmoreland, the film's co-director and his husband, said on Twitter:
I am devastated. Richard was my soulmate, my collaborator, my life. A true artist and a brilliant man. @stillalice pic.twitter.com/hSRriYMjhe
— Wash Westmoreland (@Washmoreland) March 12, 2015
Julianne, 54, who stars as a linguistics professor with early-onset Alzheimer's in Still Alice won her latest Academy Award on February 22, another high point in her career spanning a quarter-century.
ALS is a progressive degenerative nervous system disease that weakens muscles and physical functioning.