Tom Luddy Dies: Telluride Film Festival Co-Founder And Producer Was 79
deadline.comTom Luddy, co-founder of the Telluride Film Festival and producer of numerous films for Francis Coppola’s Zoetrope Studios, died February 13 at a nursing home in Albany, CA, where he had been under care for dementia.
He was 79. A New York native who came west to study in the 1960s and was highly influential in film circles for advancing the careers of numerous American and international directors, Luddy played a key role in the adventurous programming at Telluride and his involvement in the restoration of important films, most conspicuously Abel Gance’s silent epic Napoleon.
Quite apart from that, he also played a key role in helping his then-girlfriend, Alice Waters, launch the celebrated Chez Panisse restaurant in Berkeley.MORE By subscribing, I agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
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