Tony Amatullo, ‘2 Days in the Valley’ Producer and ‘Goonies’ Location Manager, Dies at 76

Tony Amatullo, a location manager and producer with credits including Fame, The Goonies, The Color Purple and 2 Days in the Valley, has died. He was 76.

Amatullo died Sunday of acute myeloid leukemia at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in Manhattan, his son Nico Amatullo told The Hollywood Reporter.

The native New Yorker also served from 2000-05 as vp production at Warner Bros., where he worked on series including ER, The West Wing and Third Watch. And for his final project, he executive produced, directed and co-wrote Surviving on LES (2021), about gentrification and the changing culture of Manhattan’s Lower East Side.