James Foley, a director best known for his work on Glengarry Glen Ross and the Fifty Shades Of Grey sequels, has died, reports TheWrap. The director had been privately living with brain cancer for the past year and died peacefully in his sleep this week. Foley was 71 years old.

James Foley, director of films including "Glengarry Glen Ross," "At Close Range" and "Fear," died earlier this week.

The veteran New York City-born filmmaker also directed the sequels to “Fifty Shades of Grey” and a dozen episodes of “House of Cards.”