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Photos: Curtis Hanson | 1945 - 2016

Curtis Hanson, who directed films such as "L.A. Confidential," "The River Wild" and "8 Mile," has died. He was 71.

Curtis Hanson, who directed films such as “L.A. Confidential,” “The River Wild” and “8 Mile,” has died. He was 71.

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Legendary director Billy Wilder, left, is accompanied by Curtis Hanson at a tribute for Wilder at the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills in 2000. Hanson served as moderator for the evening’s discussions.

  (Kevork Djansezian / Associated Press)

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Curtis Hanson pauses at the Frolic Room on Hollywood Boulevard in 1997, as he drove around to various locations for his film “L.A. Confidential” from that year. He won an Oscar with Brian Helgeland for writing the movie.

  (Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times)

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Meryl Streep, who starred in Curtis Hanson’s “The River Wild” in 1994, is interviewed with the director that year.

  (Elena Seibert / For The Times)

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