Filmmaker Richard Donner has died at age 91. He was the director of the iconic 1978 film Superman and also the buddy cop action-comedy franchise Lethal Weapon.

Good bye dear Richard. Thanks for your films, for your elegance, your sense of humor, your friendship and for those happy and funny days we spent during the shooting of “Assassins”. We will never forget you amigo.

RIP #RichardDonner pic.twitter.com/VumJPZkLe3

— Antonio Banderas (@antoniobanderas) July 6, 2021

He started off his feature film career with supernatural thriller The Omen in 1976. Still scares me.

For this last shot of The Omen, Richard Donner told his child actor to look back at the camera like he was angry, and when he did, Donner started joking “Don’t you smile! Don’t you smile!”

And that’s how we got one of the great evil smiles in cinema history.#RIPRichardDonner pic.twitter.com/xoGJtX8dqX

— N O S ⋊ Ɔ I ᴚ ᴚ Ǝ ᗡ ⊥ ⊥ O Ɔ S (@scottderrickson) July 5, 2021

He created the great Ladyhawke and who could forget The Goonies. He became a producer with wife Lauren Shuler-Donner with classics like Free Willy, The Lost Boys, the X-Men franchise and Deadpool among others. Tributes started pouring in from Mark Hamill, Zack Snyder and Steven Spielberg who called him a great movie maker and “the greatest Goonie of all”.

I couldn’t agree more with the tributes pouring in honoring the great Richard Donner. I was so lucky to have worked with him in his final movie for television #SarahT alongside @RealLindaBlair. His next project was #TheOmen-the rest is history! #RIP_Dick https://t.co/5E3w4milYP

— Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) July 6, 2021

Thank you, Richard Donner. You made me believe. pic.twitter.com/zmeONQpTUT

— Zack Snyder (@ZackSnyder) July 5, 2021

Among the many masterworks directed by #RichardDonner, the classic “TWILIGHT ZONE” episode “NIGHTMARE AT 20,000 FEET” starring @WilliamShatner! pic.twitter.com/TdmhDSGbQj

— Scott Mantz (@MovieMantz) July 6, 2021

Steven Spielberg reflects on the passing of Richard Donner, friend, and beloved director of THE GOONIES for Amblin Entertainment, who passed away today at 91.#RichardDonner #TheGoonies pic.twitter.com/6KSmKvWqVI

— Amblin (@amblin) July 5, 2021

Kevin Feige has released a statement regarding the tragic passing of Richard Donner. pic.twitter.com/03YN7sFTaX

— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) July 5, 2021