Diego Borella, assistant director of Emily in Paris, died suddenly at 47 while filming season 5 in Italy. Production briefly paused before resuming Aug. 23.

Diego Borella worked in multiple places throughout his career and was previously an assistant director on another show.

Tragedy struck the set of Emily in Paris this week after assistant director Diego Borella collapsed and died while working on Season 5 of the hit Netflix comedy. According to multiple Italian outlets, Borella collapsed around 7 p.m. Thursday while crew members were preparing to film a final scene at Venice’s Hotel Danieli.