Oscar-winning producer Fred Roos has died at age 89, just four days before his 90th birthday.
Francis Ford Coppola, who worked with Roos on The Godfather Part II, will lead the tributes on Tuesday, as will actress Aubrey Plaza, who stars in Coppola’s latest film, Megalopolis.
“Fred Roos possessed an almost infallible casting instinct: so beautifully demonstrated in AMERICAN GRAFFITTI and THE OUTSIDERS,” Coppola wrote in her tribute, alongside a photo of the couple together.
And he added: “He was a great friend and lifelong collaborator and, above all, a true love for cinema.”
“I remember once telling him that we needed to find more female directors, but that we should look for them among kids who played with 8mm film equipment instead of among dolls, and he came up with a girl named Martha Coolidge and Susan Seidelman. “He was a unique talent and will certainly be missed.”
Frances Ford Coppola, who worked with Fred Roos (right) in The Godfather Part II, led the tributes on Tuesday.