Paul Morrissey, cult filmmaker and Andy Warhol collaborator, dies at 86

Film director Paul Morrissey, photographed in New York City in 1970. A collaborator of Andy Warhol and the Velvet Underground, has died aged 86. Photograph: Jack Mitchell/Getty Images

Paul Morrissey, an early collaborator of Andy Warhol and the Velvet Underground and the director of cult films such as Flesh, Trash and Women in Revolt, has died at 86.

His archivist, Michael Chaiken told the New York Times that Morrissey died in a New York hospital on Monday after a bout of pneumonia.