British director Mike Hodges, identified for movies like `Flash Gordon` and `Croupier`, has died. He was 90. His demise was confirmed to NBC News by producer and `I`ll Sleep When I`m Dead` collaborator Mike Kaplan, studies `People` journal. According to Kaplan, Hodges died at his dwelling in Dorset, England, on account of coronary heart failure. Hodges` lengthy standing profession dates again to the Fifties. Before getting a begin in movies, he spent two years in necessary nationwide service on a royal navy minesweeper, which he credit because the inspiration for his first movie `Get Carter`.
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In a letter printed by The Guardian in May, quoted by `People`, he mentioned: “For two years, my middle-class eyes were forced to witness horrendous poverty and deprivation that I was previously unaware of. I went into the navy as a newly qualified chartered accountant and complacent young Tory, and came out an angry, radical young man.”
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“Twenty years later, when I was asked to adapt Ted Lewis`s great book, I recognised that world and attached my own experiences to it,” he added. His second movie, `Pulp` got here solely a 12 months after `Get Carter` launch in 1971, with Hodges` directorial expertise rising to prominence with 1980`s `Flash Gordon`.
