Photo:James Gunn/Instagram
James Gunn/Instagram
Jamie Christopher, a longtime Hollywood assistant director who worked on movies ranging from theHarry Potterseries to superhero films andKnives Out, has died. He was 52.
Multipleoutletsreported Wednesday that Christopher died at his home of heart complications. The filmmaker got his start in Hollywood in the late 1980s and worked as an assistant director on 1999’sThe Mummy, every film in the mainHarry Potterseries andThe Bourne Ultimatum, among others. He joined Marvel Studios in 2013 for the sequelThor: The Dark World. Christopher most recently received a first assistant director credit for his work on this year’sAnt-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, per his IMDb page.
Writer-director Rian Johnson, whom Christopher worked alongside on 2017’sStar Wars: The Last Jediand 2019’sKnives Out, shared a statement onInstagramThursday calling Christopher “one of the best ADs around, and a good friend.”
“This has been a sad couple of days,” Gunn, 57, wrote on Instagram. “The film industry has lost one of our great talents and friends, Jamie Christopher. Jamie was the First Assistant Director on Guardians of the Galaxy, as well as on Harry Potter, Star Wars, Avengers films and so many more. He was a true filmmaker - a craftsman - who was able to add to a film creatively and just as importantly, figure out incredibly inventive ways of making it happen. He was also a friend, always there with a sly comment under his breath, a hearty laugh, or an incredible story about a day on set. A warm man who earned the respect of the directors, producers, actors, and, most importantly, the crew who worked for him. They all loved him and so do I and boy will I miss him. Rest in Peace, old pal. The world won’t be as sweet without you.”
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Tom Felton, who played Draco Malfoy in each of the eightHarry Pottermovies, also remembered Christopher in anInstagrampost.
“Jamie Christopher was one of the faces I most looked forward to seeing every day on the Harry Potter films,” Felton, 35, wrote in the caption to his post. “He always kept spirits high on set , was incredibly cheeky & a brilliant Assistant Director. He will be sorely missed. Love you mate & thank you for everything.”
source: people.com
