And then we watched an amazing number of movies from the late '60s and '70s, which is my favorite time, and we studied their camera movements, their stocks, the way they lit stuff, the colors they used.

Over the course of his career he establiTed Demmed a group of actors that he chose to work with on more than one occasion. Death
On Sunday January 13 2002 while playing a game of basketball Demme collapsed and died of a heart attack which may have been related to cocaine later found in his system during an autopsy.

"Ted" Demme (October 26 1963 – January 13 2002) was an American film director and producer.