Bryan Forbes was married to actress Nanette Newman and had two daughters
Film director Bryan Forbes has died "following a long illness" at the age of 86, a family spokesman has said.
Forbes' work included the original 1970s horror classic Stepford Wives and Whistle Down The Wind.
The "giant of cinema" was married to British actress Nanette Newman and had two daughters, TV presenter Emma Forbes and journalist Sarah Standing.
Forbes died surrounded by his family at his home in Virginia Water, Surrey, family friend Matthew D'Ancona said.
Forbes was made a CBE in 2004 for services to the arts and to the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain.
He was awarded the Dilys Powell Award for outstanding contribution to cinema at the London Film Critics' Circle Awards in 2006.
Mr D'Ancona said: "Bryan Forbes was a titan of cinema, known and loved by people around the world in the film and theatre industries and known in other fields including politics.
"He is simply irreplaceable and it is wholly apt that he died surrounded by his family."
Film director Bryan Forbes dies
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