LONDON, Feb 10 (Reuters) - British film director Hugh Hudson, best known for making the Oscar-winning "Chariots of Fire", died on Friday aged 86, his family said.
Hudson died in a London hospital after a short illness and was survived by his wife Maryam, his son Thomas and his first wife Sue, the family statement said.
"Chariots Of Fire", the story of British athletes competing at the 1924 Olympics, swept the Oscars in 1981, winning the best picture and three other Academy Awards.
Not all his works were a success: "Revolution" - an ambitious portrayal of the American War of Independence - was a 1985 box-office flop.
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