Hugh Hudson (born 25 August 1936) is an English film director. He was among a generation of British directors who would begin their career making documentaries and television commercials before going on to have success in films. He directed the 1981

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and

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Best Picture '' Chariots of Fire'', a film ranked 19th in the

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's list of Top 100 British films. He continued to direct commercials while making films, which included the British Airways face advertisement from 1989 made in collaboration with London-based advertising agency

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Early life

Hugh Hudson was born at 27 Welbeck Street, London, the son and only child of Michael Donaldson-Hudson and his second wife Jacynth Mary Ellerton, from Cheswardine in rural north east

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. Michael's father was Ralph Charles Donaldson-Hudson, and his great-grandfather was

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, a one-time member of Parliament for

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. His paternal ancestors came from

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and

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. He was sent to boarding school in 1942 at the age of six, and thereafter was educated at

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. He began his

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in the Dragoon Guards from 28 January 1956, reaching the rank of

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and remained as a lieutenant in the Army Reserve of Officers until he was discharged on 16 January 1960.

1960s

In the 1960s, after three years of editing documentaries in Paris, Hudson headed a documentary film company with partners Robert Brownjohn and David Cammell. The company produced, among others, the documentaries ''A for Apple'', which won a Screenwriters' Guild Award, and ''The Tortoise and the Hare'', which was nominated for a

. The company emerged with much success in the 1960s, winning many awards and pioneering a new graphic style for documentary and advertising films. Hudson then began a career in advertising, producing and directing many television commercials. He worked alongside

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, Ridley and

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for Ridley Scott Associates (RSA), a British film and commercial production company founded in 1968. His first filmmaking job was as a second-unit director on Parker's '' Midnight Express'' (1978).

1970s–1980s

Between 1973 and 1975, Hudson wrote and directed '' Fangio, A life at 300 km/h'', a documentary film about motor racing seen through the eyes of

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, five times the world

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Champion. From 1979 to 1980, Hudson directed his first and most successful feature film, '' Chariots of Fire'' (1981), the story of two British track runners, one a devout

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and the other an ambitious

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, in the run-up to the 1924 Olympic Games. The film is said to have revitalized the fading

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, and it won four

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, including Best Picture; Hudson earned a nomination for Best Director. His friend and colleague

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produced an Academy Award-winning score for the film.

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of the ''

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'' wrote in 1981 "It's to the credit of both Mr. Hudson and Mr. Welland that ''Chariots of Fire'' is simultaneously romantic and commonsensical, lyrical and comic. ... It's an exceptional film, about some exceptional people." In 2017, some 37 years after its showing at the

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, it was shown to a large audience at the Classic Screenings beach cinema to help support the bid for the

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to be held in Paris. Hudson had rejected numerous feature film offers before ''Chariots of Fires success. His next production was '' Greystoke - The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes'' (1984) which received four Oscar nominations, and was

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's last screen performance, for which he was nominated in the 1984 Oscars as Best Supporting Actor. It was a success at the box office and with critics. In 1985, Hudson directed ''

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'', which depicted the

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, and which was released before it was a fully completed film. The film was a critical and commercial failure at the box office and earned Hudson a

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nomination for Worst Director. Hudson's next theatrical feature film was ''

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'' (1989), nominated for the

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at the

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. The film was an American-based drama starring

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and

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of the

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and dealing with disaffected youth in

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1990s–present

In 1999, Hudson directed ''

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''.

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wrote of it, "Hugh Hudson's film ''My Life So Far'' is a delightful bittersweet film, which covers the start of a boy's life during the first part of the 20th century – from his last baby's bottle to his first cigar. A film which sadly is not known as well as it should be. It is a variation on a universal theme which will never end. There will always be men and women, old people and youngsters, horses and dogs." Hudson next directed '' I Dreamed of Africa'' (2000), which was the closing film of the

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of that year. In 2006, Hudson was reported to be working, together with producer

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, on an historical epic based on the life of the monotheistic Egyptian Pharaoh

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and his wife

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. The film centres around their tempestuous relationship. In 2008, Hudson re-edited ''Revolution'', giving the film a narration by

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. The ''

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'' film critic

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writing about the new version said, "''Revolution'' was misunderstood and unjustly treated on its first appearance twenty years ago. Seeing it again in the director's slightly revised version it now strikes me as a masterpiece – profound, poetic and original. Hudson's film should take its place among the great movies about history and about individual citizens living in times of dramatic social change. One hopes it will finally find the wide audience it deserves." Hudson co-produced '' Chariots of Fire'', the 2012 stage adaptation of the film of the same title. The stage adaptation was his idea, for the London Olympic year. Also in 2012, it was announced that Hudson would direct ''Midnight Sun'', a feature film about a child who tries to help a family of polar bears on the shrinking

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. Hudson co-wrote the script as well. The script became '' The Journey Home'' with directors

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and Brando Quilici replacing Hudson. In 2016, he staged his debut as opera director with ''The Crucible'' at

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. The second run of the opera was to sold-out audiences. The stage design was created by the British artist

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. In 2016, Hudson directed the period drama ''Altamira'', about the discovery of the famous Spanish cave paintings. The film stars

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and Rupert Everett. ''The New York Times'' gave the film a glowing review. Released in two US cities the film then was distributed by

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in USA/Canada and Sky in the UK. The Spanish release was very successful.

In 1988, Hudson directed a 2-minute advert for

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, a parody of the Post Office Film Unit's 25-minute documentary, '' Night Mail'', made in 1936. Poet W. H. Auden had written verse specifically to fit the original 1936 film's footage, which showed the enormous scale of BR's daily operation and the structure of the 'sectorised' business. The opening sequence of Hudson's British Rail advert features the northbound Travelling Post Office with Auden's original verse, narrated by Sir

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. Some of the many other acclaimed advertisements created by Hudson include the 1989

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" advert seen in over 80 countries around the world and running for almost a decade; the 1979

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''Figaro'' advert; and the Benson & Hedges "Swimming Pool" and "salvage" adverts . In 2007 he created his

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advert, a direct parody of his own 1989 British Airways advert. He also created the Courage Best "Gercha" advert and the

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"Aeroplane" advert. Hudson also directed ''Kinnock – The Movie'' (1987), an election broadcast for the

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Honours

In 2003, Hudson was given a special Cannes Lions award on the 50th Anniversary of the

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, an award given only to directors who have won the Grand Prix more than once. Hudson has won Grand Prix Cannes Lions awards for his 1972

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"Walking Behinds" and 1978

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at the

In August 2007, in

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, "Un Realisateur dans la Ville", a festival created by

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and

to showcase each year the work of one director, featured the work of Hugh Hudson, showing eight films over 5 days. The festival premiered an

-narrated version of ''Revolution'' called ''Revolution Revisited''. In October 2008, at the Dinard Festival of British Film, Hudson's work was honoured. As a tribute five of his films were shown, with ''My Life So Far'' opening the festival. ''Revolution Revisited'' was the subject of a Q&A by the director.

Personal life

Hudson's first marriage on 25 August 1977, was with painter Susan Michie (born 8 December 1946), the daughter of Alastair Milne Michie, with whom he had a son, born in 1978. In November 2003, he married actress Maryam d'Abo, who played Kara Milovy in ''

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'' (1987).

Filmography

International awards

*1981: Cannes Golden Palm – nomination – ''Chariots of Fire'' *1981: Toronto Audience Award – ''Chariots of Fire'' *1982: Academy Awards – ''Chariots of Fire'' – Best Picture; nomination as Best Director and 6 others *1982: Golden Globe – Best Foreign Film *1982: BAFTA – Best Picture. Chariots of Fire *1985. Academy Awards 4 Nominations - supporting actor. script. make up fxs. *1985: BFI – Technical achievement award – ''Greystoke'' *1985: Cesar Awards – nomination, Best Foreign Film – ''Greystoke'' *1985: Venice Film Festival Lion d'Or – nomination – ''Greystoke'' *1986: Golden Raspberry Award – ''Revolution'' – nomination as Worst Director *1989: Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival – nomination, ''Lost Angels'' *2000: Cannes Festival 2000 – nominated closing film – ''I Dreamed of Africa'' *2005: Taormina Festival – award for Cinematic Art *2007: Cairo Film Festival – Silver Pyramid Award *2009 Prague Film Festival - Special award for contribution to cinematic art *2014 Bulgaria Sofia Film Festival . Award for contribution to cinema. *2017 Serbia Film Festival - Victor award for cinematic art.

Member of jury

*Tokyo Film Festival (president) 1995 *Istanbul Film Festival (president) 2001 *Athens Film Festival (president) 2002 *San Sebastian Film Festival 2003 *Taormina (president and recipient of Arte award) Film Festival 2005 *Mar del Plata Festival 2005 *Tbilisi Film Festival (president) 2005 *Sarajevo Film Festival 2006 and 2008 *São Paulo Film Festival October 2008 *Marrakesh Film Festival November 2008 *Siberian Film Festival of Light (president) 2009 *Vologda Independent Cinema from European Screens Festival (VOICES Festival)(President) July 2011 *Bombay International Film Festival (president) 2011 *Tlibisi Film Festival 2016 *Lumiere Institution Lyon, France. Chariots of Fire and Fangio shown in weekend of sport in film *Yerevan international festival ( president) 2017

References

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