Gill Dennis, co-writerย of the film “Walk the Line,” died in his Portland, Oregon, home on Thursday,ย TheWrap has confirmed. He was 74 years old.
Born in 1941 in Charlottesville, Virginia, Dennisย earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from The American Film Institute Conservatory, where he later returned as aย Master Filmmaker-in-Residence.ย The cause of death was not immediatelyย known.
Dennisย wrote “Return to Oz,” “Riders of the Purple Sage” and “On My Own,” as well as contributed to scripts for “Apocalypse Now,”ย “Pollock” and “The Black Stallion.” His most notable credit is theย 2005 Johnny Cash biopic “Walk the Line,” whichย he wrote alongside director and formerย student of his at CalArts film schoolย James Mangold.