Hugh Hudson
| Hugh Hudson | |
|---|---|
| Born |
25 August 1936 London, England, UK |
| Nationality | English |
| Education | Eton College |
| Occupation | Director, producer, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1967 – present |
| Known for |
Chariots of Fire Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan |
| Spouse(s) | Susan Caroline Michie (1977) Maryam d'Abo (2003–present) |
| Children | 1 |
Hugh Hudson (born 25 August 1936) is an English film director. He was among a generation of British directors who would begin their career making television commercials before going on to have success in films. Hudson directed the 1981 Academy Award and BAFTA Award Best Picture Chariots of Fire, a film ranked 19th in the British Film Institute's list of Top 100 British films.
Hugh Hudson was born at 27 Welbeck Street, London, the second son of Jacynth (Ellerton), the second wife of Hugh's father, Michael Donaldson-Hudson from Cheswardine in rural north east Shropshire. Michael's father was Ralph Charles Donaldson-Hudson, and his great-grandfather was Charles Donaldson-Hudson, a one-time member of Parliament for Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. His paternal ancestors came from Scotland and Cumberland. He was sent to boarding school in 1942 at the age of 6, and thereafter was educated at Eton College. He began his National Service in the Royal Armoured Corps from 28 January 1956, reaching the rank of second lieutenant and remained as a lieutenant in the Army Reserve of Officers until he was discharged on 16 January 1960.
In the 1960s, after three years of editing documentaries in Paris, Hudson headed a documentary film company with partners Robert Brownjohn and David Cammell. The company produced, among others, the documentaries A for Apple, which won a Screenwriters' Guild Award, and The Tortoise and the Hare, which was nominated for a BAFTA Award. The company emerged with much success in the 1960s, winning many awards and pioneering a new graphic style for documentary and advertising films.
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