Dara Birnbaum obituary

Pioneering American video, installation and media artist who used television as her enduring material

Bruce Logan obituary

Cinematographer and visual effects artist who shot the destruction of the Death Star in the first Star Wars film

Peter Lovesey obituary

Crime writer known for his ‘history-mystery’ series about the Victorian detective Sergeant Cribb

Damien Thomas obituary

Film character actor who also appeared in the 1980 US TV mini-series of Shogun and in Tenko and House of Cards in the UK

Paddy Higson obituary

Producer and production manager who worked in the Scottish film industry with Bill Forsyth and Peter Mullan

Ted Kotcheff obituary

Director whose work ranged from BBC TV’s Play for Today to award-winning drama and Hollywood thrillers

Jean Marsh obituary

Actor and co-creator of the classic 1970s television series Upstairs, Downstairs

Tony Nicholls obituary

Other lives: Documentary maker, video consultant for the UN, and course leader in media at Bedford College

Tom Hunsinger obituary

Other lives: Actor with the Cherub theatre company who co-wrote and co-directed three films and taught at Rada

Clive Revill obituary

Superb stage actor who lent power to British TV productions of the 1970s and made a string of enjoyable movies

Peter Jewell obituary

Other lives: Collector with his friend Bill Douglas of cinema artefacts whose collection formed the basis of the Bill Douglas Cinema Museum at Exeter University

Lee Montague obituary

Actor who toured with Laurence Olivier and Peter Brook, starred on Broadway and had a long career in film and TV

Val Kilmer obituary

Star of films such as Top Gun, The Doors and Batman Forever whose acting could combine playfulness and intensity

Richard Chamberlain obituary

Dashing American actor best known for his many roles in hit TV series including Dr Kildare, The Thorn Birds and Shogun