--- description: Richard Glatzer, who jointly authored and directed the 2014 Julianne Moore drama 'Still Alice' while diagnosed with ALS, died on Wednesday title: Still Alice Director Richard Glatzer Dies image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb2ddd37ac71183a3/69878340524fc0d722decdc5/460895450.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _Still Alice_ Director Richard Glatzer Dies  by [Noah Rayman](/author/noah-rayman/)  ## Noah Rayman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 11, 2015 10:36 PM CUT  From left clockwise, actress Kristen Stewart, director Wash Westmoreland, actress Julianne Moore and director Richard Glatzer arrive at a premier of Still Alice at Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on Nov. 12, 2014 From left clockwise, actress Kristen Stewart, director Wash Westmoreland, actress Julianne Moore and director Richard Glatzer arrive at a premier of Still Alice at Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on Nov. 12, 2014Jeffrey Mayer—WireImage/Getty Images  by [Noah Rayman](/author/noah-rayman/)  ## Noah Rayman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 11, 2015 10:36 PM CUT Richard Glatzer, who jointly authored and directed the 2014 Julianne Moore drama _Still Alice_ while diagnosed with ALS, [died on Tuesday.](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/richard-glatzer-dead-still-alice-777223 "undefined") Glatzer, who was [diagnosed](http://www.npr.org/2015/02/15/385248789/in-still-alice-director-couple-tells-a-story-that-mirrors-their-own "undefined") with ALS shortly before he joined the project with his husband Wash Westmoreland, was 63, according to the _Hollywood Reporter_. The film, which Glatzer and Westmoreland adapted from the bestselling novel by Lisa Genova, starred Moore as a professor struggling with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for that role last month. Glazter was hospitalized before the ceremony, but he and Westmoreland planned to watch it from his hospital bed. “When Richard was diagnosed with ALS, Wash asked him what he wanted to do,” Moore said in accepting her award. “Did he want to travel? Did he want to see the world? And he said he wanted to make movies. And that’s what he did.” \[[_The Hollywood Reporter_](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/richard-glatzer-dead-still-alice-777223 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3741548/still-alice-director-richard-glatzer-dies/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3741548/still-alice-director-richard-glatzer-dies/"},"headline":"Still Alice Director Richard Glatzer Dies","datePublished":"2015-03-11T22:36:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T05:05:52.515Z","description":"Glatzer died three weeks after Julianne Moore won best actress for her role in his film","url":"https://time.com/3741548/still-alice-director-richard-glatzer-dies/","keywords":["movies","celebrities","ALS"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb2ddd37ac71183a3/69878340524fc0d722decdc5/460895450.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Noah Rayman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/noah-rayman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb2ddd37ac71183a3/69878340524fc0d722decdc5/460895450.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"AFI FEST 2014 Presented By Audi - \"Still Alice\" Premiere - Arrivals","caption":"AFI FEST 2014 Presented By Audi - \"Still Alice\" Premiere - Arrivals","creditText":"Jeffrey Mayer—WireImage/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3741548/still-alice-director-richard-glatzer-dies/","name":"Still Alice Director Richard Glatzer Dies"}}]}] ```