Hugh Hudson, 'Chariots of Fire' director, dies at 86

The film director Hugh Hudson has died this Friday at the age of 86 in London, after failing to overcome a "short illness", as reported by his own family in a statement.

In his professional career, the film

(1981) stood out, with which he won four Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay.

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Hudson began his film career shooting documentaries and commercials with Ridley Scott in the sixties, and after his success he launched into fiction films, where he began directing the second unit of Alan Parker's film,

(1978) .

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It was at this time that he came into contact with David Puttnam, who produced

, an Oscar-winning film that tells the true story of two British medalists from the 1924 Paris Olympics with different origins and motivations.

He later shot

(1984) and

(1985), a story about the Revolutionary War starring Al Pacino and Donald Sutherland.

The British filmmaker also worked in 2016 with the actor Antonio Banderas, who starred in one of his latest films,

which narrates the discovery of the caves and cave paintings of Altamira in the 19th century, as well as the confrontation and conflict that this discovery caused with the Church and the society of the time.