Douglas McGrath, ‘Emma’ filmmaker, Oscar nominee, dead at 64

WSOCTV.com ^ | November 5, 2022 | Bob D'Angelo

[Cecily]

NEW YORK — Douglas McGrath, a director, screenwriter, actor and playwright who was nominated for an Academy Award and Tony Award, died Thursday. He was 64.

McGrath died of a heart attack at his office in New York City, according to “Everything’s Fine” producers John Lithgow, Tom Werner and Daryl Roth, The New York Times reported. The one-man, Off-Broadway show in which he was performing opened a few weeks ago, according to the newspaper.

“The company of ‘Everything’s Fine’ was honored to have presented his solo autobiographical show. Everyone who worked with him over the last three months of production was struck by his grace, charm, and droll sense of humor, and sends deepest condolences to his family,” the producers said in a statement.

The show will not continue after playing its last performance on Wednesday, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

We’ve lost Doug McGrath. Words can’t express our grief and shock. pic.twitter.com/Bj8acl6pHF — John Lithgow (@JohnLithgow) November 4, 2022

In 1996, McGrath adapted the Jane Austen novel, “Emma,” into a movie and also directed the film, which starred Gwyneth Paltrow, the Times reported. Other films included “Nicholas Nickleby”; “Company Man,” co-written and co-directed with Peter Askin; and, as a writer and director, “Infamous” in 2006, which was a biopic about author Truman Capote, Deadline reported.

[semimojo]

Is the heart attack rate up among the vaccinated?

[frogjerk]

Thanks for this concise list or total jackasses. I’m sure there are others.