Hugh Hudson, ‘Chariots of Fire’ Director, Dead at 86

Hugh Hudson attends the 'Chariots Of Fire' UK Film Premiere at Empire Leicester Square in London on July 10, 2012. Stuart Wilson/Getty Images

LONDON—Hugh Hudson, a British filmmaker who debuted as a feature director with the Oscar-winning Olympics drama “Chariots of Fire” and later made such well-regarded movies as “My Life So Far” and the Oscar-nominated “Greystoke,” has died at age 86.

Hudson’s family issued a brief statement announcing that he died Friday at a hospital in London “after a short illness.”