Mike Hodges, Get Carter and Flash Gordon director, dies aged 90

Mike Hodges, film director, pictured in 2015. He has died aged 90. Photograph: Sarah Lee/The Guardian

Mike Hodges, the British director known for films including Get Carter, Croupier, The Terminal Man and Flash Gordon, has died at the age of 90.

Mike Kaplan, a longtime friend and producer on Hodges’ final feature film I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead, confirmed his death to the Guardian. Hodges died at his home in Dorset on Saturday. A cause of death was not given.