Henry Jaglom Death: Filmmaker, Friend of Orson Welles was 87

Henry Jaglom — the indie filmmaker behind A Safe Place, Déjà Vu, and Can She Bake a Cherry Pie — has died. He was 87. His daughter, Sabrina Jaglom, confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter that he died at home in Santa Monica. “My dad was the most loving, fun, entertaining and unique father and the biggest cheerleader and champion anyone could be lucky enough to have,” she said.

Jaglom came to Hollywood at the behest of Peter Bogdonovich . He wanted Jaglom to play a role in Targets, a role which Bogdonovich wound up casting himself in. But once in LA, Jaglom got chummy with the New Hollywood kids coming up through Roger Corman’s AIP. He befriended Jack Nicholson, and wound up helping to edit Easy Rider. Jaglom became a studio-eschewing writer-director, making films starring Ne