Hollywood screenwriter and author Michael Blake, most famous for his Oscar-winning movie Dances with Wolves, has died.
Blake's manager and producing partner Daniel Ostroff told The Hollywood Reporter that Blake died peacefully in Tuscon, Arizona on Saturday (May 2). Blake, who was 69, was battling a long-term illness.
In 1988, Blake wrote Dances With Wolves and later adapted it as a film feature in 1990, directed by and starring Kevin Costner.
The movie went on to win seven Oscars including Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay for Blake. Costner also won the Academy Award for Best Director.
Prior to Dances With Wolves, Costner and Blake worked on the 1983 drama Stacy's Knights - the duo's first collaboration.
Blake also got behind the camera as a director in 1998's Winding Stair, which he also adapted into a screenplay from Douglas C Jones' novel.
Blake is survived by his wife Marrianne Mortensen Blake and their three children.
Blake's manager and producing partner Daniel Ostroff told The Hollywood Reporter that Blake died peacefully in Tuscon, Arizona on Saturday (May 2). Blake, who was 69, was battling a long-term illness.
In 1988, Blake wrote Dances With Wolves and later adapted it as a film feature in 1990, directed by and starring Kevin Costner.
The movie went on to win seven Oscars including Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay for Blake. Costner also won the Academy Award for Best Director.
Prior to Dances With Wolves, Costner and Blake worked on the 1983 drama Stacy's Knights - the duo's first collaboration.
Blake also got behind the camera as a director in 1998's Winding Stair, which he also adapted into a screenplay from Douglas C Jones' novel.
Blake is survived by his wife Marrianne Mortensen Blake and their three children.
- 5/3/2015
- Digital Spy
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