Hugh Hudson, the director of the influential 1981 film and 1982 Oscar best picture winner "Chariots of Fire," died Friday at age 86.
"Hugh Hudson, 86, beloved husband and father, died at Charing Cross hospital on 10 February after a short illness," the director's family said in a statement shared with the Guardian.
Actor Nigel Havers, who starred in "Chariots of Fire," told the Guardian he was "beyond devastated that my great friend Hugh Hudson, who I have known for more than 45 years, has died."
