Obituary: Daniel Edinger

After his stints at French Desk, he moved to Paris and studied at the Institut des Hautes Etudes Cinématographiques (IDHEC), France's foremost cinema school. Before becoming a director himself, employed mainly by French television, he was an assistant to such famous filmmakers as Claude Chabrol.

Daniel Edinger was the son of Jacques Edinger (1910-1973), creator of the French Desk, who worked for Reuters from 1961 until his death. He was the brother of Bernard Edinger, Reuters correspondent from 1969-2001, and of Charles Edinger, a 1979 Reuters graduate trainee who left the company in 1983 and is today a senior producer at the SNTV sports news television agency.

He is survived by his wife Françoise Prébois-Edinger, a film director.

PHOTO: L-R Bernard, Charles and Daniel Edinger in London in April 1968 ■