Peter Medak, veteran director of The Krays and The Changeling, dies aged 88
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Key context: <p>The film-maker enjoyed a long and varied film and TV career, from horror movies and true-crime thrillers to Cannibal and Breaking Bad</p><p>Peter Medak, the British-Hungarian director of The Changeling, The Krays and Let Him Have It, has died aged 88. <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/peter-medak-dead-ruling-class-changeling-1236741708/">According to the Hollywood Reporter,</a> Medak’s family announced he died in Los Angeles on Tuesday.</p><p>Medak enjoyed a long and varied career across film and TV, which included spirit-of-the-times classics A Day in the Death of Joe Egg and The Ruling Class (both from 1972), cult horror The Changeling with George C Scott, and The Krays and Let Him Have It, period true crime films made in the early 1990s. He also directed numerous episodes of high-profile TV drama, including the 80s revival of The Twilight Zone, Homicide: Life on the Street, and Hannibal.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/28/peter-medak-veteran-director-of-the-krays-and-the-changeling-dies-aged-88">Continue reading...</a> This development from The Guardian highlights ongoing changes in the sector.
The film-maker enjoyed a long and varied film and TV career, from horror movies and true-crime thrillers to Cannibal and Breaking BadPeter Medak, the British-Hungarian director of The Changeling, The Krays and Let Him Have It, has died aged 88. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Medak’s family announced he died in Los Angeles on Tuesday.Medak enjoyed a long and varied career across film and TV, which included spirit-of-the-times classics A Day in the Death of Joe Egg and The Ruling Class (both from 1972), cult horror The Changeling with George C Scott, and The Krays and Let Him Have It, period true crime films made in the early 1990s. He also directed numerous episodes of high-profile TV drama, including the 80s revival of The Twilight Zone, Homicide: Life on the Street, and Hannibal. Continue reading...
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