TV director David Von Ancken has died aged 56.
According to Variety, the Seraphim Falls director died at his home in Agoura Hills, California following a two-year battle with aggressive stomach cancer.
Known lovingly as ‘DVA’, the prolific director worked on a multitude of famous TV shows as well as several film projects.
Von Ancken’s partner in life and business, Meg London-Boche, said in a statement: ‘David was the kind of person who walked into a room and you couldn’t help but immediately gravitate towards him.
‘His vibrant energy towards life and years of personal adventures carried into his extraordinary direction of television and film. He was constantly formulating stories in his mind and always eager to share them with the world.’
During his respected career, the episodic director worked on over three dozen series including Without a Trace, Gossip Girl, Oz, The Vampire Diaries, and The Mentalist.
The past two decades also saw him at the helm of shows such as The Shield, Person of Interest, The Following, Intelligence, House of Lies, MacGyver, The Crossing, and The Purge.
He even directed over seven episodes each of CBS’ Cold Case and CSI: NY as well as Showtime’s Californication.
Von Ancken co-wrote and directed the 2006 civil war action-thriller, Seraphim Falls, starring Pierce Brosnan and Liam Neeson – which earned him a Gotham Breakthrough Director nomination.
His career took off with 2001 short Bullet In the Brain, which he wrote and directed.
It won Universal/Hypnotic Films’ Million Dollar Film Festival as well as numerous other festival awards.
The towering director also produced several projects including WGN America’s Salem, Spike’s mini Tut starring Ben Kingsley, AMC’s Hell On Wheels, CBS’ Code Black, Syfy’s Ghost Wars, ABC’s The Crossing and Netflix’s The Order.
Von Ancken is survived by partner London-Boche, his daughter and his beloved dog, Oscar. A private memorial will be taking place in the coming weeks.
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