Director Anthony Minghella, best known for his films The English Patient, Cold Mountain and The Talented Mr. Ripley, died on Tuesday morning in London. Known for creating lush worlds that challenged ideas of class and community, Minghella truly used the art of cinema to create an experience and talk about things that were important to him:

Anthony Minghella was born on Jan. 6, 1954, and grew up on the Isle of Wight, where his parents, immigrants from Italy, ran an ice cream factory. An outsider even in his native land, Mr. Minghella took on large historical issues in his work, like the human consequences of epic warfare in “Cold Mountain,” about a soldier’s journey across an American landscape battered by the Civil War. Closer to home, his film “Breaking and Entering” examined the interlocking lives of thieves and their victims in today’s London, a place where he believed immigrants are less assimilated than tolerated. [New York Times]

to check out the resume of Minghella and find a film to watch - one that entertains and also challenges you to view the world in a new way.

Also watch below for some trailers to a few of his films: