Five-Time Oscar Nominee Allen Daviau Dies Due To Coronavirus Complications

His death was announced by the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital, where he lived.

Published: 星期四,4月 16, 2020 22:24 下午 GMT-06:00

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And just like that Coronavirus has got another one down. Legendary cinematographer and five-time Oscar nominee Allen Daviau has passed away due to complications from the disease. He was 77.

His death was announced by the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital, where he lived. Daviau, who had surgery in 2012 that caused him to use a wheelchair for the rest of his life, is the fourth resident at the MPTF facility in Woodland Hills to die from the virus.

Daviau was introduced to Spielberg in 1967 and worked on two of the director's early short films, and the pair went on to collaborate on E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982); "Kick the Can," a segment from Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983); Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984); The Color Purple (1985); "Ghost Train," a 1985 episode of the NBC anthology series Amazing Stories; and Empire of the Sun (1987).

May his soul rest in peace.