‘Snakes on a Plane’ Director David R. Ellis Has Died at 60 Years Old

Sad news comes out of nowhere today as Deadline reports that Snakes on a Plane director David R. Ellis suddenly died early this morning in Johannesburg, South Africa. The cause of death has yet to be determined, but the director was busy at working on his adaptation of the Japanese anime movie Kite which was released back in 1998. Samuel L. Jackson just recently revealed he was reteaming with the director for that film, so this is surely shaking up Hollywood in more ways than one today. Ellis has become known as a director, but his career saw him take on work as an actor, stuntman and assistant director also. After taking small roles in films like Rocky III, Ellis eventually found a lucrative career as a stuntman and stunt coordinator in movies like Smokey and the Bandit, Scarface, National Lampoon’s Vacation, Lethal Weapon, Road House, Days of Thunder, and the …