R.I.P. Eli RichbourgWriter, producer, and longtime Joel Schumacher collaborator Eli Richbourg suffered a brain aneurism in Paris Wednesday night, Deadline has confirmed. He was 42. Richbourg got his start in the art department on Schumacher’s Batman Forever, became his assistant on A Time To Kill, and rewrote many of the director’s films. He rose to second unit director on 8MM, associate produced Flawless, and directed second unit and served as associate producer on Tigerland, Bad Company, Phone Booth, and Veronica Guerin. He co-produced Phantom Of The Opera and executive produced The Number 23 and Blood Creek. Richbourgh’s 2001 short Calvin Stoller: The Last Abstract Expressionist was executive produced by Schumacher.
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