March 11--Filmmaker Richard Glatzer, who co-directed "Still Alice" with his husband, Wash Westmoreland, died Tuesday in Los Angeles after a four-year battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. He was 63.
His death was confirmed by the film's publicist, Ekta Farrar.
Glatzer made four movies with Westmoreland, including "The Fluffer," "Quincea" and "The Last of Robin Hood." His experience with ALS informed the making of 2014's "Still Alice," an adaptation of a novel about a woman dealing with early onset Alzheimer's. Julianne Moore won the lead actress Oscar this year for her work in the film.
A committed HIV/AIDS activist, Glatzer organized many fundraisers in Los Angeles and ran the well-known underground club Sit-and-Spin. Many of the club's performers took part in his first independent film, "Grief," in 1993, which drew on Glatzer's work on the daytime television show "Divorce Court" as well as coping with the loss of his partner Donald Ray Berry to AIDS.
Besides his husband, Glatzer is survived by his daughter Ruby Smith and his sister Joan Kodner.
This story will be updated as more information becomes available.
