Noted writer-director Paul Mazursky dies

Noted American film director, screenwriter, and actor, Paul Mazursky, has died at the age of 84 in Los Angeles.

The five Oscar awards nominee, Paul Mazursky was best known for movies like , An Unmarried Woman, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, Harry and Tonto, Moscow on the Hudson, Enemies, a Love Story and Down and Out in Beverly Hills.

The filmmaker died of pulmonary cardiac arrest Monday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, said Nancy Willen, Mazursky’s spokeswoman.

He also created memorable roles for the likes of Art Carney, Jill Clayburgh and Natalie Wood. Later in life, Mazursky acted in such TV series as “The Sopranos,” ”Curb Your Enthusiasm” and “Once and Again.”

He was born as Irwin Mazursky in 1930 in New York. He changed his first name to Paul while debuting in Stanley Kubrick’s first feature, Fear and Desire. In his versatile acting career, lasted several decades, he had acted in many films and also worked in television.

May his soul rest in Peace.

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