<p> British producer Donald Ranvaud, known for films like "City of God" and "Central Station", has died while while attending the Montreal World Film Festival as a competition juror. He was 62.<br /><br /></p>.<p>A festival spokeswoman confirmed his death without specifying the cause of his sudden passing, according to The Hollywood Reporter.<br /><br />Radio Canada, the country's French-language public broadcaster, reported that Ranvaud's body had been discovered in his Montreal hotel room yesterday.<br /><br />The final-night awards ceremony Monday will be toned down and a moment of silence is to be observed after news of Ranvaud's death passed through a shocked festival.<br /><br />"He was a very good friend of all of us and the festival; he was the life of the party. We will acknowledge his contributions at the ceremony," an emotional festival spokeswoman said.<br /><br />Ranvaud also had producing credits on a number of other Academy Award-nominated films, including "The Constant Gardener" and "Farewell My Concubine".<br /><br />His links to Chinese film in the early 1990s gave way to Latin America, where he shifted his focus after moving to Brazil in 1994.<br /><br />Ranvaud's Latin America producing credits included "Central do Brasil", "Familia Rodante", "Xango", "Lavoura Arcaica", "Babilonia 2000" and "Madame Sata".<br /><br />Alongside production, he managed sales at Videofilmes, Bouquet Multimedia and Sogepaq and helped set up Wild Bunch as a distribution outfit.<br /><br />As a journalist, Ranvaud founded the independent film magazine Framework in 1975, where he remained until 1988.<br /><br />He also freelanced for other film publications like Sight and Sound, The Guardian, La Repubblica, Cahiers du Cinema and American Film while also publishing books on Italian cinema.</p>
<p> British producer Donald Ranvaud, known for films like "City of God" and "Central Station", has died while while attending the Montreal World Film Festival as a competition juror. He was 62.<br /><br /></p>.<p>A festival spokeswoman confirmed his death without specifying the cause of his sudden passing, according to The Hollywood Reporter.<br /><br />Radio Canada, the country's French-language public broadcaster, reported that Ranvaud's body had been discovered in his Montreal hotel room yesterday.<br /><br />The final-night awards ceremony Monday will be toned down and a moment of silence is to be observed after news of Ranvaud's death passed through a shocked festival.<br /><br />"He was a very good friend of all of us and the festival; he was the life of the party. We will acknowledge his contributions at the ceremony," an emotional festival spokeswoman said.<br /><br />Ranvaud also had producing credits on a number of other Academy Award-nominated films, including "The Constant Gardener" and "Farewell My Concubine".<br /><br />His links to Chinese film in the early 1990s gave way to Latin America, where he shifted his focus after moving to Brazil in 1994.<br /><br />Ranvaud's Latin America producing credits included "Central do Brasil", "Familia Rodante", "Xango", "Lavoura Arcaica", "Babilonia 2000" and "Madame Sata".<br /><br />Alongside production, he managed sales at Videofilmes, Bouquet Multimedia and Sogepaq and helped set up Wild Bunch as a distribution outfit.<br /><br />As a journalist, Ranvaud founded the independent film magazine Framework in 1975, where he remained until 1988.<br /><br />He also freelanced for other film publications like Sight and Sound, The Guardian, La Repubblica, Cahiers du Cinema and American Film while also publishing books on Italian cinema.</p>