Famed Director Ronald Neame

'Poseidon Adventure' director Ronald Neame dies

By: Associated Press |
Published: June 19, 2010

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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Ronald Neame (neem), who produced and
co-wrote acclaimed British films like "Great Expectations," saw
Hollywood success as director of "The Poseidon Adventure" and was
nominated for three Oscars, has died. He was 99.
Neame's wife Donna told The Associated Press on Friday that her
husband died in a Los Angeles hospital Wednesday, about six weeks
after being injured in a fall.
Neame began his career of more than 60 years In 1929 when he
worked as a cameraman for Alfred Hitchcock on the first British
sound film, 1929's "Blackmail."
He was nominated for Oscars with director David Lean as
co-writer of 1945's "Brief Encounter" and 1946's "Great
Expectations."
He went on to direct the acclaimed 1969 film "The Prime of Miss
Jean Brodie" and the critically panned 1972 box office hit "The
Poseidon Adventure."

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