Mike Hodges

Mike Hodges

Michael Tommy "Mike" Hodges (born 29 July 1932) is an English screenwriter, film director, playwright and novelist. His films as writer/director include Get Carter (1971), Pulp (1972), The Terminal Man (1974) and Black Rainbow (1989); as director, his films include Flash Gordon (1980), Croupier (1998) and I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (2003). His theatre plays include Soft Shoe Shuffle (1985) and Shooting Stars and Other Heavenly Pursuits (2000), which was adapted for BBC radio. Other radio plays include King Trash (2004). His first novel, Watching The Wheels Come Off, 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. Retrospectives of his work in television and cinema: NFT (London) 1980; MOMA (New York) 1990; American Cinematheque (LA) 1990; Munich (Germany)1999. Another retrospective at the NFT (London) is planned for May, 2020. He was awarded the degree of 'Doctor of Letters" by the University of the West of England Bristol in 2005.

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