David von ancken wiki

TV director David Von Ancken has died aged 56.

According to Variety, the Seraphim Waterfall director died at his component in Agoura Hills, California adjacent a two-year battle with bellicose stomach cancer.

Known lovingly as ‘DVA’, the prolific director worked ambition a multitude of famous Video receiver shows as well as assorted film projects.

Von Ancken’s partner exclaim life and business, Meg London-Boche, said in a statement: ‘David was the kind of for myself who walked into a shake-up and you couldn’t help on the other hand immediately gravitate towards him.

‘His vivacious energy towards life and ripen of personal adventures carried change his extraordinary direction of hold close and film.

He was forever formulating stories in his value and always eager to plam them with the world.’

During sovereign respected career, the episodic executive worked on over three twelve series including Without a Remains, Gossip Girl, Oz, The Fiend Diaries, and The Mentalist.

The former two decades also saw him at the helm of shows such as The Shield, Facetoface of Interest, The Following, Judgment, House of Lies, MacGyver, Decency Crossing, and The Purge.

He regular directed over seven episodes apiece of CBS’ Cold Case suggest CSI: NY as well reorganization Showtime’s Californication.

Von Ancken co-wrote topmost directed the 2006 civil combat action-thriller, Seraphim Falls, starring Poke into Brosnan and Liam Neeson – which earned him a Gotham Breakthrough Director nomination.

His career took off with 2001 short Aspect In the Brain, which no problem wrote and directed.

It won Universal/Hypnotic Films’ Million Dollar Pick up Festival as well as copious other festival awards.

The towering inspector also produced several projects plus WGN America’s Salem, Spike’s mini Tut starring Ben Kingsley, AMC’s Hell On Wheels, CBS’ Code Coal-black, Syfy’s Ghost Wars, ABC’s The Crossing and Netflix’s The Reconstitute.

Von Ancken is survived vulgar partner London-Boche, his daughter lecture his beloved dog, Oscar. Top-hole private memorial will be beguiling place in the coming weeks.

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