Yvonne Blake's health improves

The president of the Film Academy, Yvonne Blake, admitted after suffering a stroke, leaves the Intensive Care Unit.

Yvonne Blake, who has been admitted to the hospital for a week after suffering a stroke, has left the Intensive Care Unit and has been transferred to plant, as reported this morning in an information note by the Film Academy.

The president of the Academy She was admitted on January 3rd after finding herself unwell and diagnosed with a stroke.

The Spanish costume designer of English origin, born in Manchester in 1940, has held the presidency of the institution since 2016, the year in which Antonio Resines resigned from the position. Among the numerous awards it has, the National Cinematography Award awarded in 2012, four Goyas (Rowing in the wind, Lullaby, Carmen y The San Luis Rey Bridge) and an Oscar, which he won in 1971 for Nicolás and Alejandra by Franklin J. Shaffner. Five years later she was once again a candidate for the Oscar for best costumes for The four musketeers, by Richard Lester.