ABOUT MIKE HODGES
Writer and director of films such as Get Carter, Flash Gordon, and I'll Sleep When I'm Dead.
He was a chartered accountant who served two years in the National Service.
He dropped out of the horror film Damien: The Omen II after three weeks of shooting because of creative differences.
He had two children with his former wife Jean.
His 1971 directorial debut Get Carter featured Michael Caine in the lead role.
