Acclaimed Australian filmmaker Paul Cox dies at 76Supplied Australian filmmaker Paul Cox has died at the age of 76. Paul Cox, Australian film-maker and frequent collaborator with David Wenham, dies age 76 https://t.co/7G4wppLy9t — Australian Directors (@ADGdirectors) June 19, 2016Just last year Cox released Force of Destiny, starring David Wenham, which follows the journey of a man who finds love while waiting for a life-saving transplant. READ MORE* American film director Wes Craven diesThe Australian Directors Guild didn't reveal the cause of the director's death when announcing his death on Twitter. Paul Cox, lauded as the father of independent cinema in Australia, has died a year after releasing a film loosely based on the months when death was knocking loudly at his door. It won him the Australian Film Institute's award for best picture that year.

Source: Stuff June 19, 2016 04:41 UTC