R.I.P. Peter Medak, director of The Changeling and Romeo Is Bleeding

Peter Medak has died. The director of the 1980 psychological horror film The Changeling and the 1993 crime thriller Romeo Is Bleeding, among many notable works in a prolific, genre-spanning career, died peacefully in Los Angeles on Tuesday, according to a statement from his family (via The Hollywood Reporter). He was 88.