rough shit.
This is really awful.
a great film as well as the devil came on horseback (2007) on which he was cinematographer. rip
RIP
Really sad news. :(
Hetherington was among the best at what he did. Unfortunately being really good at what he did was also very, very dangerous. Thanks to his work there was witness to things that otherwise would have gone unseen.
Post-Kyo
http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/2011/04/20/restrepo_documentarian_tim_hetherington_reportedly_killed_in_libya/
Restrepo Documentarian Tim Hetherington Confirmed Killed in Libya UPDATED
Having survived many dangerous photographic missions in his life, as well as repeated trips to the lethal Restrepo outpost in Afghanistan—now abandoned by U.S. military—where he shot Oscar-nominated doc Restrepo with co-director Sebastian Junger, British photojournalist and Vanity contributor Tim Hetherington, 41, has died during fighting in Misrata between Muammar Gaddafi’s soldiers and Libyan rebels, along with photographer Chris Hondros…
This film is on my queue. Sad news.