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Hudson was born in London , the eldest son of a family of affluent landowners; he was educated at Eton and Harvard University . He then embarked on a rewarding career in Advertising , producing, alongside fellow British director Ridley Scott , many prizewinning adverts. This allowed him entrance to the world of Film-making ; his first job was as a second-unit director on Alan Parker 's '' Midnight Express ''. Catching the eye of producer David Puttnam , Hudson was put in charge of what is his now regarded as his most accomplished and well-known film, '' Chariots Of Fire '' ( 1981 ), the story of two British track runners, one a devout Christian and the other an ambitious Jew , in the run-up to the 1924 Olympic Games . The film is said to have revitalized the fading British film industry, and it won four Academy Awards , including Best Picture ; Hudson earned a nomination for Best Director . After this success, Hudson's later productions were largely disappointing, including the only partially successful '' Greystoke - The Legend Of Tarzan, Lord Of The Apes '' (1984), and the notorious flop ''Revolution'' ( 1985 ), which depicted the American War Of Independence , and which crippled what could have been a prosperous career in Hollywood for Hudson. Instead, his film output since has been scarce and uninspiring. He currently lives in Los Angeles , and is planning to direct an adaptation of Haruki Murakami 's book '' Norwegian Wood '' in the near future. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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