Director of Rocky John Evwall died in the United States

In the USA, at the 82nd year of his life, filmmaker John Evilden died, who made the films Rocky and Karate-Mid.

According to the son of the actor, the cause of death was cancer.

John G. Avildsen, The Oscar Winning Director Behind "Rocky" and "The Karate Kid" Passes Away at 81. Https://t.co/mglnwcz18s pic.twitter.com/klzoprn7iriririr.

- Variety (@variety) June 16, 2017

John Evwailsen is the director of the first and fifth films from the Rocky series with Sylvester Stallone in the title role. For the first film, released in 1976, he received an Oscar. For his role in his second film - “Save the Tiger” - “Oscar” received actor Jack Lemmon. Evwell also shot three parts of the Karate-Mid movie.