LEGENDARY British filmmaker John Irvin has died aged 86.
The director, who helmed BBC miniseries Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, as well Hollywood movies like Hamburger Hill, Robin Hood and Raw Deal, passed away “peacefully at home” on August 11.
A three-time BAFTA Award nominee, his was renowned for his versatility, having graduated from London Film School and becoming an adherent to the Free Cinema Movement, he initially directed documentaries.
His breakthrough was Inheritance in 1963, a documentary short about the Algerian War of Independence.
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In 1969 he travelled to Vietnam to shoot footage of the ongoing war for US newsreel Movietone.
His 1967 short film Mafia No! was nominated for a BAFTA for Best Short Film and in the 1970s he moved to TV, including directing an adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Hard Times in 1977.
The same year Irvin made the much-revered BBC miniseries adaptation of John le Carre’s Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, starring Sir Alec Guinness, which was nominated for a BAFTA and Emmy.
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