Robin St. Clair Rimington Hardy (2 October 1929 – 1 July 2016) was an English author and film director. His most famous directorial work is ''

The Wicker Man ''The Wicker Man'' is a 1973 British folk horror film directed by Robin Hardy and starring Edward Woodward, Britt Ekland, Diane Cilento, Ingrid Pitt, and Christopher Lee. The screenplay by Anthony Shaffer, inspired by David Pinner's 1967 nov ...

'', and his last project was a film adaptation of his novel '' Cowboys for Christ'', which was retitled ''

The Wicker Tree ''The Wicker Tree'' is a 2011 British horror film written and directed by Robin Hardy. It contains many direct parallels and allusions to the 1973 film ''The Wicker Man'', which was also directed by Hardy, and is intended as a companion piec ...

''.

Biography

He was born in

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, England and studied art in

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. He worked in the U.S., where he made television dramas. He was a partner in a film company with Anthony Shaffer for 13 years. He returned to London where he made television commercials. Later he wrote historical novels and was involved in creating historical theme parks in the U.S. In addition to ''Cowboys for Christ'', Hardy published a

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of ''

'', as well as the novel ''The Education of Don Juan''. Hardy died in

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on 1 July 2016; he was survived by his fifth wife, Victoria Webster (married 2000), and eight children. Hardy had expressed interest in producing a finale to his loose ''Wicker Man'' trilogy titled ''The Wrath of the Gods''. A crowdfunding campaign was set-up in 2015 to raise funds for the film's production, but ultimately fell short of its US$210,000 target.

Filmography

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'' (1973) (director) *''

The Fantasist ''The Fantasist'' is a 1986 thriller film written and directed by Robin Hardy. The film stars Moira Sinise, Christopher Cazenove and Timothy Bottoms. It is based on the 1983 novel ''Goosefoot'' by Irish author Patrick McGinley. Plot An Irish ...

'' (1986) (writer and director) *''

The Bulldance ''The Bulldance'' (also known as ''Forbidden Sun'') is a 1989 British film directed by Zelda Barron. The script was written by Robin Hardy, Jesse L. Lasky Jr., and Pat Silver-Lasky. The film centers on an Olympic gymnastics coach ( Lauren Hutto ...

'' (1989) (writer) *''

'' (2011) (writer and director)

References

External links

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Interview in MungBeing Magazine
1929 births 2016 deaths English film directors English screenwriters English male screenwriters British male novelists Horror film directors People from Surrey {{UK-film-director-stub