Michael Cimino, who won two Oscars in 1978 for the film ‘The Deer Hunter’ (titled in Latin America as ‘The Sniper’) died Saturday at the age of 77 years.
The news was Twitter disclosed by the director of the Cannes Film Festival.
Cimino was born in New York in 1930 and was one of the filmmakers who revolutionized Hollywood in the early 70s the highest point in his career caught up with ‘the Deer Hunter’, starring Robert de Niro, Meryl Streep, Christopher Walken and John Savage.
the film addressed the Vietnam war, at a time when the issue yet was taboo in the United States.
‘the Deer Hunter’ took five Oscars, including nine which he competed. Two of them were for Cimino, in the categories of Best Picture and Best Director.
Cimino also faced failure with the premiere of ‘Heaven’s Gate’, due to its poor box office performance led to the . bankruptcy of United Artist
The filmmaker also directed ‘A bounty of $ 500,000′ ‘Manhattan Sur’, ‘The Sicilian’, ’37 desperate hours’ and ‘Sunchaser’
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