Hugh Hudson, the director behind the Oscar-winning film 'Chariots of Fire,' has died at 86.
Chariots of FireAccording to multiple reports, Hudson's family released a statement confirming the tragic news, saying Hudson died Friday at a hospital in London following a short illness. Before becoming the director of the 1981 film that was nominated for seven Academy Awards -- winning four for Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Score and Best Costume Design -- Hudson made commercials.
That job would eventually lead him to becoming a second unit director on the Alan Parker-directed 1978 drama, the inspiring true story of two British athletes at the 1924 Olympics. "I think David Puttnam [the producer] chose me because he sensed I'd relate to the themes of class and racial prejudice," Hudson once toldin 2012."I'd been sent to Eton because my family had gone there for generations, but I hated all the prejudice. The scriptwriter, Colin Welland, a working-class boy from Merseyside, understood it perfectly, too. So it was a personal story for us.
The film would go on to also earn 11 British Academy Awards, winning three including for Best Film. The British Film Institute listsGreystoke: The Legend of Tarzan
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