British filmmaker Justin Hardy, who directed the sequel to his precocious begetter Robin's 1973 cult fearfulness classical The Wicker Man, has died aged 61.
His household said Hardy died connected Friday nighttime aft suffering a bosom attack, remembering him arsenic "a antheral of family, of boundless creativity" and "so afloat of beingness close to the end".
A Bafta and Emmy nominated writer and director, Hardy was champion known for his documentary Children of the Wicker Man successful 2024, made with his member Dominic which chronicled the bequest of their father's iconic film.
He had conscionable completed accumulation connected Wrath of the Gods, the concluding section to the Wicker Man trilogy, which was owed to premiere aboriginal this month.
Throughout his career, Hardy besides directed humanities documentaries and TV bid for the BBC, Channel 4 and CNN, including Princes In The Tower, Trafalgar Battle Surgeon, The Relief Of Belsen and Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen.
His household said they were "devastated" by his decease and "heartbroken" Hardy would not beryllium capable to spot Wrath of the Gods open.
Hardy's member Dominic described him arsenic having "an unthinkable appetite for life".
"We've mislaid him and we've mislaid that larger-than-life beingness looking implicit america all," helium said. "He truly became a filmmaker his ain right."
Dominic besides praised Hardy's enactment connected his past movie arsenic "incredibly beautiful", adding it was "a large restitution to him" to person made thing new.
The Wicker Man, starring Christopher Lee, is the communicative of a constabulary serviceman sent to a distant Scottish land assemblage to analyse the disappearance of a section girl.
Wrath of the Gods was inspired by precocious discovered scripts and storyboards by Hardy's precocious begetter Robin, marking the extremity of the trilogy that began with The Wicker Man and the 2011 follow-up The Wicker Tree.
Hardy, who besides taught screenwriting astatine University College London, is survived by his woman Larissa, and their 4 children.
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