Question: What director did Tom Cruise work for that died on September 20, 2016?

Context articles: Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
Mission: Impossible (film)
Pierre Denan
Rain Man
Curtis Hanson
Valkyrie (film)
Collateral (film)
Mission: Impossible III
Michael Doven
Losin' It

Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol is a 2011 American action spy film directed by Brad Bird and written by Josh Appelbaum and André Nemec.
 It is the fourth installment in the , and also Bird's first live-action film.
 It stars Tom Cruise, who reprises his role of IMF agent Ethan Hunt, with Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, and Paula Patton as his supporting team.
 "Ghost Protocol" was produced by Cruise, J. J. Abrams (the 's director) and Bryan Burk.
 It saw the return of editor Paul Hirsch and visual effects supervisor John Knoll from the , and is also the first "Mission: Impossible" film to be partially filmed using IMAX cameras.
Mission: Impossible is a 1996 American action spy film directed by Brian De Palma, produced by and starring Tom Cruise.
 Based on the , the plot follows Ethan Hunt (Cruise) and his mission to uncover the mole who has framed him for the murders of his entire Impossible Missions Force (IMF) team.
 Work on the script had begun early with filmmaker Sydney Pollack on board, before De Palma, Steven Zaillian, David Koepp, and Robert Towne were brought in.
 "Mission: Impossible" went into pre-production without a shooting script.
 De Palma came up with some action sequences, but Koepp and Towne were dissatisfied with the story that led up to those events.
Pierre Denan is the author of "Pourquoi Tom Cruise: Book 1" (2010), "Pourquoi Tom Cruise: Book 2" (2015) news ticker tales published by les Presses du réel as part of their Literature Collection—Fiction.
 He has also published: "Libre" (2002–2005), "Paradis" (2015), and "Voilà, A Collection, Notes for the Book to Come" (2016).
Rain Man is a 1988 American road comedy-drama film directed by Barry Levinson and written by Barry Morrow and Ronald Bass.
 It tells the story of an abrasive, selfish young wheeler-dealer, Charlie Babbitt (Tom Cruise), who discovers that his estranged father has died and bequeathed all of his multimillion-dollar estate to his other son, Raymond (Dustin Hoffman), an autistic savant, of whose existence Charlie was unaware.
 Charlie is left with only his father's car and collection of rose bushes.
 In addition to the two leads, Valeria Golino stars as Charlie's girlfriend, Susanna.
Curtis Lee Hanson (March 24, 1945 – September 20, 2016) was an American film director, producer, and screenwriter.
 His directing work included the psychological thriller "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle" (1992), the neo-noir crime film "L.A. Confidential" (1997), the comedy "Wonder Boys" (2000), the hip hop drama "8 Mile" (2002), and the romantic comedy-drama "In Her Shoes" (2005).
Valkyrie is a 2008 American-German historical thriller film set in Nazi Germany during World War II.
 The film depicts the 20 July plot in 1944 by German army officers to assassinate Adolf Hitler and to use the Operation Valkyrie national emergency plan to take control of the country.
 "Valkyrie" was directed by Bryan Singer for the American studio United Artists, and the film stars Tom Cruise as Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, one of the key plotters.
 The cast included Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy, Eddie Izzard, Terence Stamp and Tom Wilkinson.
Collateral is a 2004 American neo-noir crime action thriller directed by Michael Mann and written by Stuart Beattie.
 It stars Tom Cruise cast against type as a contract killer and Jamie Foxx as a taxi driver who becomes Cruise's hostage during an evening of the hitman's work.
 The film also features Jada Pinkett Smith and Mark Ruffalo.
Mission: Impossible III (stylized as M:i:III) is a 2006 American action spy film co-written and directed by J.J. Abrams in his directorial debut and starring Tom Cruise, who also served as a producer, in the role of IMF agent Ethan Hunt.
 It is the third installment in the .
 In the film, Ethan Hunt (Cruise) has retired from field work for the Impossible Missions Force (IMF) and trains new recruits.
 However, he is sent back into action to track down the elusive arms dealer Owen Davian (Philip Seymour Hoffman).
Michael Doven is an American professional photographer who has also worked in the production of several Hollywood movies.
 He photographed professional golfer Rick Rhoden.
 Doven's work in film started as personal assistant and chief of staff to Tom Cruise.
 Doven received film credits as Cruise's assistant in "Far and Away", "A Few Good Men", "The Firm", and "Interview with the Vampire".
Losin' It is a 1983 American-Canadian comedy film directed by Curtis Hanson and starring Tom Cruise, Shelley Long, Jackie Earle Haley, and John Stockwell.
 The plot concerns four teenagers trying to lose their virginity.
 "Losin' It" was filmed largely in Calexico, California.