Peter Medak, veteran director of The Krays and The Changeling, dies aged 88

The film-maker enjoyed a long and varied film and TV career, from horror movies and true-crime thrillers to Cannibal and Breaking Bad 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 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 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. 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...