Fifty Shades director James Foley dies aged 71

James Foley, the movie manager down 2 of the Fifty Shades of Grey films, has died aged 71.

Foley besides directed 3 Madonna euphony videos successful the 1980s - Papa Don't Preach, Live to Tell and True Blue.

A spokesperson for the manager said helium died "peacefully successful his slumber earlier this week" astatine his location successful Los Angeles pursuing a "years-long struggle" with encephalon cancer.

Foley besides directed 12 episodes of House of Cards, the Kevin Spacey-starring thriller which was 1 of Netflix's earliest archetypal hits.

Although his typical noted Foley's diagnosis of encephalon cancer, his authoritative origin of decease has not yet been confirmed.

The US director's debut film, Reckless, was released successful 1984 and starred Daryl Hannah and Aidan Quinn.

His different movie credits see Glengarry Glen Ross, Fear, Confidence, Perfect Stranger and The Corruptor.

Foley did not nonstop Fifty Shades of Grey, but did articulation the franchise to nonstop some its sequels, Fifty Shades Darker and Fifty Shades Freed, aft the departure of Sam Taylor-Johnson pursuing the archetypal film.

The movie series, based connected the best-selling books by EL James, was a immense container bureau occurrence and made movie stars retired of its pb actors Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan.

When directing the 3 euphony videos for Madonna successful 1986, Foley utilized the pseudonym Peter Percher.

However, helium returned to utilizing his ain sanction erstwhile helium worked with Madonna again the pursuing twelvemonth connected the movie Who's That Girl, which saw the vocalist play a pistillate falsely accused of murdering her boyfriend.

Foley besides directed episodes of deed TV bid specified arsenic Twin Peaks, Billions and Hannibal.