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. Medak’s family announced he died peacefully 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. Medak’s family announced he died peacefully 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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