British writer-director Mike Hodges, known for “Flash Gordon” and “Get Carter,” has died. He was 90.
The filmmaker, whose last film was released in 2004, died Saturday in Dorset, England, as announced by longtime friend Mike Kaplan, Variety reports.
Hodges and Kaplan worked together on 2003′s “I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead,” directed by the former and produced by the latter.
In 2019, Hodges was reported to be working on autobiographical documentary “All At Sea,” which is currently listed as in production.
Hodges reunited with “Get Carter” star Michael Caine and producer Michael Klinger to establish the Three Michaels production company. Together, they produced 1972′s revered “Pulp,” also starring Caine.
Born in Bristol, England, Hodges’ film career started after he became a chartered accountant and completed his required military service, according to Variety.
Hodges’ work was lauded by the likes of revered contemporaries Stanley Kubrick and Terrence Malick, the outlet reports.
“Any actor who sees ‘Get Carter’ will want to work with him,” the late “A Clockwork Orange” director once said of the adaptation, also penned by Hodges. Kubrick also praised “The Terminal Man” as “terrific.”
Malick, 79, hailed the Michael Crichton adaptation as “magnificent” and “overwhelming.”
“[Hodges’] images make me understand what an image is,” he once said, according to Variety.
StudioCanal UK remembered Hodges this week as “a one of a kind director, screenwriter, playwright and novelist.”
He is survived by wife Carol Laws, sons Ben and Jake Hodges, as well as five grandchildren.
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