In a way, I was spoon-fed, if you will, a career. It was fully manufactured by a studio that believed that they could put me on their posters and turn me into their bottle of Coca-Cola, their product.

In the summer of 2004 he met and began dating actress Michelle Williams on the set of Brokeback Mountain and their daughter Matilda Rose was born on 28 October 2005 in New York City. At 3:36 pm Ledger was pronounced dead and his body was removed from the apartment. Directorial work
Ledger had aspirations to become a film director and had made some music videos which director Todd Haynes praised highly in his tribute to Ledger upon accepting the ISP Robert Altman Award which Ledger posthumously shared on 23 February 2008.

In addition to acting he produced and directed music videos and aspired to be a film director. In the film Ledger portrayed a fictional actor named Robbie Clark one of six characters embodying aspects of Dylan's life and persona. Heath Andrew Ledger (4 April 1979 – 22 January 2008) was an Australian actor and director.