Best known for directing The Basketball Diaries, Scott Kalvert died this Wednesday. He was found in his home in Woodland Hills and the The L.A. Coroner’s Office is investigating the death as a possible suicide. In addition to his work with Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Wahlberg in Basketball Diaries, Kalvert was known for directing iconic music videos such as DJ Jazzy Jeff and Will Smith’s “Parents Just Don’t Understand,” Salt-N-Pepa’s “Shoop” and Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch’s “Good Vibrations.” He also directed the 2002 feature Deuces Wild, starring Stephen Dorff and the late Brad Renfro. Donnie Wahlberg, whom Kalvert directed in New Kids on the Block’s 1993 video “Dirty Dawg,” remembered the director in these tweets yesterday. (via The Hollywood Reporter)
#RIP to a dear friend; Scott Kalvert. The role you played in mine, and my brother Marks career success, can't be measured. You'll be missed.
— Donnie Wahlberg (@DonnieWahlberg) March 7, 2014
#RIPScottKalvert! pic.twitter.com/nqcgi7CK8n
— Donnie Wahlberg (@DonnieWahlberg) March 7, 2014
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