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48: 494: 453:, was published first in French by Rivagse/Noir (Quand Tout Se Fait La Malle) in 2009 then in English in 2010. In 2018 his trio of novellas ('Bait', 'Grist' & 'Security') was published by Unbound. 949: 1185: 185:(29 July 1932 – 17 December 2022) was a British screenwriter, film and television director, playwright and novelist. His films as writer/director include 321:, the influential television production company that continued into the 1980s. These two films also led to Hodges being asked to write and direct 1424: 266:
operator. The job allowed him to observe the workings of the studios, and gave him time to start writing scripts. One of these scripts was
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Hodges was married twice. His first marriage was to Jean Alexandrov; they had two sons and later divorced. He then married Carol Laws.
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series. Although never performed, it served to get him enough writing commissions to quit his job as a technician.
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Interspersed with his cinema work are some critically successful television films, including
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The Michael Klinger Papers; Interview with Mike Hodges by Tony Klinger and Andrew Spicer
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After that, he quickly progressed to producer/director status, with series such as
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Neo-Noir: Contemporary Film Noir From Chinatown to The Dark Knight
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Guide to British Cinema (Reference Guides to the World's Cinema)
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Hodges was born in Bristol on 29 July 1932, and was raised in
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He was awarded the degree of 'Doctor of Letters' by the
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The Telegraph, Film-makers on film-Mike Hodges 2004
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Mike Hodges (American football)
Mike Hodges (politician)
Michael Hodges (producer)

Bristol
Dorset
Get Carter
Pulp
The Terminal Man
Black Rainbow
Damien: Omen II
Flash Gordon
Croupier
Salisbury
Bath
national service
Royal Navy
minesweeper
teleprompter
Armchair Theatre
ABC Television
World in Action
Granada Television
Thames Television
Euston Films
Get Carter
Michael Caine
Pulp
Michael Crichton
The Terminal Man

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