Notting Hill director Roger Michell dies at 65
Notting Hill director Roger Michell dies aged 65: Tributes to filmmaker and theatre impresario behind Hollywood blockbusters including My Cousin Rachel and Enduring Love
Roger Michell, whose films include Notting Hill, has died at the age of 65Michell was born in South Africa and lived in Beirut, Damascus and Prague His theatre credits include Nina Raine’s Consent, Harold Pinter’s The Homecoming and Dylan Thomas’ Under Milk WoodHis films include Enduring Love, Morning Glory, Persuasion, and Blackbird
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Director Roger Michell, whose films include Notting Hill, Venus and My Cousin Rachel, has died at the age of 65.
The son of a British diplomat, Michell was born in South Africa and lived in Beirut, Damascus and Prague as a child.
His theatre credits include Nina Raine’s Consent, Harold Pinter’s The Homecoming and Dylan Thomas’ Under Milk Wood, with many of his productions playing at the National Theatre.
His films include Enduring Love, Morning Glory, Persuasion, Blackbird and the forthcoming The Duke starring Dame Helen Mirren, Jim Broadbent and Matthew Goode.
Michell’s family announced his death on Wednesday in a statement on Thursday. They did not disclose the place or cause of death.
Director Roger Michell, whose films include Notting Hill, Venus and My Cousin Rachel, has died at the age of 65
The son of a British diplomat, Michell (pictured in 2017) was born in South Africa and lived in Beirut, Damascus and Prague as a child
‘It is with great sadness that the family of Roger Michell, director, writer and father of Harry, Rosie, Maggie and Sparrow, announce his death at the age of 65 on September 22nd,’ said the statement released through Michell’s publicist.
Michell directed for British theaters including the Royal Court, the National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company, and made acclaimed television series in the 1990s, including adaptations of Hanif Kureishi’s novel ‘The Buddha of Suburbia’ and Jane Austen’s ‘Persuasion.’
On the big screen, his biggest commercial hit was ‘Notting Hill,’ the Richard Curtis-penned comedy about an awkward romance between a movie star played by Julia Roberts and a London bookshop owner, played by Hugh Grant.
After its release in 1999 it was for a time the highest-grossing British film in history, and Michell followed it with Hollywood thriller ‘Changing Lanes,’ starring Ben Affleck and Samuel L. Jackson.
But he largely made films in Britain, including ‘Enduring Love,’ based on an Ian McEwan novel, and ‘Venus,’ which gained Peter O’Toole an Academy Award nomination.
Later films included ‘Hyde Park on Hudson,’ a historical drama starring Bill Murray as President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and ‘The Duke,’ a real-life art heist story starring Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren that premiered at the 2020 Venice Film Festival.
Michell is survived by ex-wives Kate Buffery and Anna Maxwell Martin, both actors, and by his four children.
