United Kingdom, June 3 -- John Travolta has revealed how he managed to navigate his grief following the tragic deaths of his wife and his son.

The 72-year-old actor lost son Jett at the age of 16 in 2009, before his wife Kelly Preston lost her two-year battle with breast cancer in 2020.

Now John has dedicated his feature film directorial debut Propeller One-Way Night Coach to his late wife and son, telling Italian newspaper La Repubblica: "They are the model from which this film was born."

Asked how he has coped following the passing of his loved ones, John replied: "Life has certainly tested me, (but my) nature is to look for the positive, even in the face of the worst.

"I'm not made to remain absorbed in the darkness. I can look at ...