Rob Reiner death: Tributes pour in for filmmaker and his wife, Michele

Hollywood luminaries and political heavyweights expressed their shock and sadness Sunday night upon learning that prolific director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, had been found dead in their Los Angeles home.

Hollywood luminaries and political heavyweights expressed their shock and sadness Sunday night upon learning that prolific director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, had been found dead in their Los Angeles home.

Actor Kathy Bates, who worked with Reiner on the 1990 film “Misery,” called him a "brilliant" artist who "changed the course" of her life.

"I’m horrified hearing this terrible news. Absolutely devastated. I loved Rob," Bates, who also acted in the 1998 political comedy and drama "Primary Colors" alongside Reiner, told NBC News in a statement.

"He was brilliant and kind, a man who made films of every genre to challenge himself as an artist. He also fought courageously for his political beliefs. He changed the course of my life."

She also praised Michele Reiner, calling her a “gifted photographer.”