FILM DIRECTOR

Hugh Hudson

1936 - 2023

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Hugh Hudson (25 August 1936 – 10 February 2023) was an English film director. He is known for directing the 1981 Academy Award and BAFTA Award Best Picture Chariots of Fire, after beginning his career making documentaries and television commercials. 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 Saatchi & Saatchi. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hugh Hudson is the 585th most popular film director (down from 538th in 2019), the 2,457th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,989th in 2019) and the 45th most popular British Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Hugh Hudson ranks 585 out of 2,041. Before him are Arthur Hiller, Moshé Mizrahi, Tom Tykwer, Dan O'Bannon, Hal Ashby, and Jaco Van Dormael. After him are Jennifer Lee, Mauritz Stiller, Ann Hui, Paul Haggis, Seijun Suzuki, and Ken Annakin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Hugh Hudson ranks 230. Before him are Dyanne Thorne, Polina Astakhova, W. D. Hamilton, Ian Hacking, Buddy Guy, and Keir Dullea. After him are Tony Musante, José Torres, Željko Perušić, Bobby Darin, Tarun Gogoi, and Pavol Molnár. Among people deceased in 2023, Hugh Hudson ranks 202. Before him are Pōhiva Tuʻiʻonetoa, Richard Belzer, Bray Wyatt, David Albahari, Robbie Robertson, and Ralph Boston. After him are Deniz Baykal, Andre Braugher, Aleksandr Viktorenko, Natalie Zemon Davis, Kadriye Nurmambet, and Richard G. Hovannisian.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Hugh Hudson ranks 2,458 out of 8,785. Before him are Lesley Manville (1956), Richard Chancellor (1521), David Gill (1843), Arthur Holmes (1890), John Cleland (1709), and Gavin Rossdale (1965). After him are Clifford Edmund Bosworth (1928), Sebastian Coe (1956), Francis Beaumont (1584), Carl Palmer (1950), Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1758), and Martin Fowler (1963).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Hugh Hudson ranks 45. Before him are J. Stuart Blackton (1875), Mike Leigh (1943), Nicolas Roeg (1928), Peter Yates (1929), Derek Jarman (1942), and Paul W. S. Anderson (1965). After him are Ken Annakin (1914), John Badham (1939), Lewis Gilbert (1920), Anthony Asquith (1902), John Madden (1949), and Sally Potter (1949).

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