David Carradine

David Carradine in Bound for Glory

David Carradine, the star of the 1970s TV series Kung Fu (right), was found hanged in his Bangkok hotel room early this morning. According to reports, there was no evidence of foul play at the scene. Carradine, who was in the Thai capital working on a film, was 72.
Born in Los Angeles on Dec. 8, 1936, Carradine was the son of actor John Carradine, best known for playing assorted evildoers and mad doctors in dozens of films from the 1930s to the 1980s. David Carradine’s brothers are also actors: Keith Carradine, among whose credits is Robert Altman’s classic Nashville, and Robert Carradine, best known for his role in the Revenge of the Nerds movies.
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The DGA vs. the Academy: 1990s

Harrison Ford in The Fugitive (top); Madeleine Stowe, Tim Robbins in Short Cuts (bottom)

The DGA vs. the Academy: 1980s
1990
DGA: Barry Levinson for Avalon and Giuseppe Tornatore for Cinema Paradiso [the 1988 best foreign language film Oscar winner; ineligible for the 1990 Academy Awards]
AMPAS: Stephen Frears for The Grifters and Barbet Schroeder for Reversal of Fortune
 
1991
DGA: Barbra Streisand for The Prince of Tides
AMPAS: John Singleton for Boyz n the Hood
 
1992
DGA: Rob Reiner for A Few Good Men
AMPAS: Martin Brest for Scent of a Woman
 
1993
DGA: Martin Scorsese for The Age of Innocence and Andrew Davis for The Fugitive
AMPAS: Jim Sheridan for In the Name of the Father and Robert Altman for Short Cuts
 
1994
DGA: Mike Newell for Four Weddings and a Funeral [...]

Robert Altman

Robert Altman (1925 – 2006). Robert Altman directed MASH, Nashville, A Perfect Couple, Quintet, Images, Gosford Park, The Player, Short Cuts, and A Prairie Home Companion, among others. Robert Altman received five Academy Award nominations during the course of his career: MASH, Nashville, The Player, Short Cuts, Gosford Park. Robert Altman also received an Honorary Oscar in 2006.