Richard Glatzer at the special screening of Still Alice. (Image courtesy: AFP File Photo)
Richard Glatzer, the co-director and co-writer of
Still Alice, for which actress Julianne Moore won the Best Actress Oscar last month, died on March 11 aged 63 of ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease.
Wash Westmoreland, the film's co-director and his husband, said on Twitter:
Julianne, 54, who stars as a linguistics professor with early-onset Alzheimer's in
Still Alice won her latest Academy Award on February 22, another high point in her career spanning a quarter-century.
ALS is a progressive degenerative nervous system disease that weakens muscles and physical functioning.