Two well-known filmmakers were killed on Saturday in a helicopter crash in Eastern Australia. The men, 60-year-old American cinematographer Mike deGruy and 52-year-old Australian writer-producer Andrew Wight, died when the Robinson R44 helicopter Wight was piloting crashed shortly after takeoff from Jaspers Brush, an airfield approximately 100 miles south of Sydney.
According to the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB), the helicopter was seen hovering less than 20 to 30 feet above the ground when control was lost and the aircraft crashed.
