Oscar-nominated filmmaker Bruce Sinofsky, whose series on the “West Memphis Three” cast doubt on the murder convictions of three Arkansas teenagers, catalyzing a movement that led to their release, died Saturday, longtime collaborator Joe Berlinger said. Berlinger said,
the Emmy-award winning documentary director died in his sleep of complications from diabetes. He was 58. The films, released in 1996, 2004 and 2011, raised questions about the evidence, drawing attention from musicians including Eddie Vedder, Tom Waits and Henry Rollins, who pushed for a review of the case.