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Mike Hodges (born 29 July 1932 in Bristol, England) is an English
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 screenwriter and film director who began his career as a current affairs producer for Granada Television's World in Action
World in Action

World in Action was a British investigative current affairs programme made by Granada Television from 1963 in television to 1998 in television....
 before moving into feature films.

Hodges often works within easily identifiable genres (crime thrillers, science fiction) but has enjoyed a variable career. His work has latterly undergone critical re-examination, partly due to good reviews and box-office performance of Croupier
Croupier (film)

Croupier is a 1998 in film film starring Clive Owen as a croupier. The film was directed by Mike Hodges. The film was released by Image Entertainment on DVD in the USA, and Alliance Atlantis in Canada....
, and to the ongoing cult and critical success of his 1971 film Get Carter
Get Carter

Get Carter is a 1971 in film crime film directed by Mike Hodges and starring Michael Caine as Jack Carter, a mobster who sets out to avenge the death of his brother in a series of unrelenting and brutal killings played out against the grim background of derelict urban housing in the northern English city of Newcastle upon Tyne....
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Mike Hodges (born 29 July 1932 in Bristol, England) is an English
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 screenwriter and film director who began his career as a current affairs producer for Granada Television's World in Action
World in Action

World in Action was a British investigative current affairs programme made by Granada Television from 1963 in television to 1998 in television....
 before moving into feature films.

Hodges often works within easily identifiable genres (crime thrillers, science fiction) but has enjoyed a variable career. His work has latterly undergone critical re-examination, partly due to good reviews and box-office performance of Croupier
Croupier (film)

Croupier is a 1998 in film film starring Clive Owen as a croupier. The film was directed by Mike Hodges. The film was released by Image Entertainment on DVD in the USA, and Alliance Atlantis in Canada....
, and to the ongoing cult and critical success of his 1971 film Get Carter
Get Carter

Get Carter is a 1971 in film crime film directed by Mike Hodges and starring Michael Caine as Jack Carter, a mobster who sets out to avenge the death of his brother in a series of unrelenting and brutal killings played out against the grim background of derelict urban housing in the northern English city of Newcastle upon Tyne....
.

Selected filmography


  • Get Carter
    Get Carter

    Get Carter is a 1971 in film crime film directed by Mike Hodges and starring Michael Caine as Jack Carter, a mobster who sets out to avenge the death of his brother in a series of unrelenting and brutal killings played out against the grim background of derelict urban housing in the northern English city of Newcastle upon Tyne....
     (1971)
  • Pulp
    Pulp (film)

    Pulp is a 1972 in film United Kingdom crime, thriller and comedy film, directed by Mike Hodges and starring Michael Caine as Mickey King, a writer of cheap paperback detective novels....
     (1972)
  • The Terminal Man
    The Terminal Man (film)

    The Terminal Man is a 1974 in film film directed by Mike Hodges and based on the 1972 The Terminal Man by Michael Crichton. The plot centers around the immediate dangers of mind control and the power of computers....
     (1974)
  • Damien: Omen II
    Damien: Omen II

    Damien: Omen II, is a 1978 in film sequel to the iconic horror film The Omen and the second film in The Omen series. Set seven years after the first film, it was directed by Don Taylor and featured an all-star cast, including William Holden, Lee Grant, Sylvia Sidney, Lew Ayres, Robert Foxworth, and Jonathan Scott-Taylor....
     (1977 - uncredited)
  • Flash Gordon
    Flash Gordon (film)

    Flash Gordon is a 1980 in film science fiction film, based on the eponymous comic strip character Flash Gordon . The film was Film director by Mike Hodges and Film producer by Dino De Laurentiis....
     (1980)
  • Morons from Outer Space
    Morons from Outer Space

    Morons from Outer Space is a 1985 in film comedy/science-fiction film directed by Mike Hodges. It was released in North America on September 20th, 1985....
     (1985)
  • A Prayer for the Dying
    A Prayer for the Dying

    A Prayer for the Dying is a 1987 in film thriller film about a former Provisional Irish Republican Army member trying to escape his past. The film was directed by Mike Hodges, and stars Mickey Rourke,Liam Neeson Bob Hoskins, and Alan Bates....
     (1987)
  • Black Rainbow
    Black Rainbow

    Black Rainbow is a 1989 in film horror/thriller film directed by Mike Hodges. ...
     (1989)
  • Croupier
    Croupier (film)

    Croupier is a 1998 in film film starring Clive Owen as a croupier. The film was directed by Mike Hodges. The film was released by Image Entertainment on DVD in the USA, and Alliance Atlantis in Canada....
     (1998)
  • I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (2003)


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