A HOST of Hollywood stars are backing a charity founded in memory of a Powys cameraman killed on location in Africa.

Mark Milsome, from Builth Wells, Powys, died in November last year filming a stunt scene in Ghana.

Friends, relatives and his wife, Andra Levinson-Milsome, have marked the first anniversary of their loss by launching the Mark Milsome Foundation (MMF), which aims to nurture young film-making talent.

Screen legends including Robert De Niro and Johnny Depp have backed the cause by sporting the foundation’s black T-shirts.

British stars such as Benedict Cumberbatch, Eddie Redmayne, Dame Judi Dench and Eliza Bennett have also come out in support.

A spokesperson for the charity said 3,000 TV and film industry workers would be wearing its T-shirts this week, including the cast and crew of His Dark Materials, Rocketman and Ironbark.

MMF chair, writer-director Kirk Jones, commented: “The film industry is often referred to as a family. The level of support for the Mark Milsome Foundation and for Black -T- Week is an indication of the loss still being felt within that family a year after Mark’s death.”

Mark was killed on November 18 year while working on Black Earth Rising, a thriller made by the BBC, Netflix and the production company Forgiving Earth, about the prosecution of international war crimes.

Production on the six-parter was halted when the veteran cameraman - whose credits included Sherlock, Game of Thrones and Quantum of Solace - died during a night shoot for a car stunt.

Police in Ghana are still investigating Mark’s death. He was survived by widow Andra and daughter, Alice.

Andra, of Hay-on-Wye, called for viewers to boycott Black Earth Rising when it premiered on BBC2 in September - with the opening episode dedicated to Mark - and has now launched a civil action.

Rachel Pavey, a specialist international personal injury lawyer at Irwin Mitchell, confirmed: “We are investigating Mark’s tragic death and are representing the family in their civil case."