Hugh Hudson

Director

Hugh Hudson

Born August 25, 1936 in London, England, UKDied February 10, 202315 films

Hugh Hudson was an English film director. His best-known international success is the 1981 multiple Academy Award-winning film, Chariots of Fire.

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Chariots of Fire posterFirst watchChariots of Fire19816.8Their style at its most typical, and among their best-rated work.In the class-obsessed and religiously divided UK of the early 1920s, two determined young runners train for the 1924 Paris Olympics.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes poster6.4Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes1984Finding Altamira poster5.8Finding Altamira2016Lumière & Company poster6.4Lumière & Company1995Revolution poster5.4Revolution1985I Dreamed of Africa poster5.4I Dreamed of Africa2000

Filmography

15 films as director
  1. 2016Finding AltamiraDirector
  2. 2011Rupture: A Matter of Life OR DeathDirector
  3. 2000I Dreamed of AfricaDirector
  4. 1999My Life So FarDirector
  5. 1995Lumière & CompanyDirector
  6. 1991The King of AdsDirector
  7. 1989Lost AngelsDirector
  8. 1985RevolutionDirector
  9. 1984Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the ApesDirector
  10. 1981Chariots of FireDirector
  11. 198012 Squadron BuccaneersDirector
  12. 1980Fangio: Una vita a 300 all'oraDirector
  13. 1967Birds and PlanesDirector
  14. 1966The Tortoise and the HareDirector
  15. 1965Design for TodayDirector