He also helmed 'At Close Range,' 'After Dark, My Sweet,' 'Two Bits' and lots of Madonna music videos before succumbing to brain cancer.

Filmmaker James Foley Dies at 71. Film director James Foley has passed away and the filmmaker has left behind an incredibly diverse body of motion picture work.

James Foley, the film director behind two of the Fifty Shades of Grey films, has died aged 71. Foley also directed three Madonna music videos in the 1980s - Papa Don't Preach, Live to Tell and True Blue.