Paul Mazursky, the five-time Academy Award-nominated writer and director, died Monday. He was 84.

Paul Mazursky Dies

Mazursky died as a result of a pulmonary cardiac arrest, a family spokesperson told Entertainment Weekly.

In the 1950s and early 60s, Mazursky broke into Hollywood as a TV actor in The Kaiser Aluminum Hour, The Steve Allen Plymouth Show, The Untouchables, Twilight Zone, The Real McCoys and more. He also made appearances on the silver screen in Blackboard Jungle and Stanley Kubrick’s Fear and Desire.

Among Mazursky’s first screenwriting credits were for The Monkees and The Danny Kaye Show. He went on to pen I Love You, Alice B. Toklas! and Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, for which he earned his first credit as a director and first Oscar nod.

Mazursky went on to receive Oscar nominations for Harry and Tonto (1974), An Unmarried Woman (1978) and Enemies: A Love Story (1990).

In later years, Mazursky did voice acting and make cameos in movies and on TV. He appeared in Frasier, Why Do Fools Fall in Love, The Sopranos, Once and Again, Curb Your Enthusiasm and voiced the Musician Bunny in Kung Fu Panda 2.

Mazursky is survived by his wife Betty.

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