Director Michael Cacoyannis Has Died

Director Michael Cacoyannis has died from complications from a heart attack and chronic respiratory problems., according to the Associated Press. He was 89.

Cacoyannis made his Broadway debut directing Terrence McNally’s And Things That Go Bump in the Night. Among his other credits are productions of The Devils, Lysistrata, and The Bacchae, as well as the 1983 revival of the musical Zorba, which starred Anthony Quinn, whom Cacoyannis had also directed in the 1964 movie Zorba the Greek, which inspired the musical.

Cacoyannis’ other screen credits include Stella, Electra, Iphigenia, and Sweet Country, as well as a 1999 version of The Cherry Orchard, which starred Alan Bates, Gerard Butler, Frances de la Tour, and Charlotte Rampling.

Cacoyannis is survived by a sister.