April 28, 2018 9:41AM PT   
   Michael Anderson, `Logan's Run' Director, Dies at 98   
   By Erin Nyren   
       
   Staff Editor   
   @ecnyren   
       
   FILM DIRECTOR MICHAEL ANDERSON - 1965VARIOUS   
   CREDIT: Denis Cameron/REX/Shutterstock   
       
   Michael Anderson, the British director who was nominated for an Academy Award   
   for his direction on "Around the World in 80 Days," died in Vancouver   
   Wednesday. He was 98.   
       
   Anderson's career began in the '40s as an assistant director before he joined   
   the Royal Signal Corps during the war. After Anderson was discharged, he   
   signed a contract with Associated British Picture Corporation, for whom he   
   directed five films.   
       
   The third film, 1955's "The Dam Busters," starring Richard Todd, which was the   
   biggest film of the year for Britain at the box office. The film will be   
   presented at the Royal Albert Hall in London and simulcast into 400 theatres   
   throughout the UK on May 17 to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Royal   
   Air Force's most daring operation of World War II.   
       
   Anderson was asked to direct "Around the World in 80 Days" after the original   
   director John Farrow had a falling out with producer Mike Todd. Anderson also   
   received a Golden Globe nod in addition to his Oscar nom for his work in the   
   film, which won best picture in 1956. The film starred David Niven, Shirley   
   Maclaine, Robert Newton and Cantinflas, with dozens of cameo appearances by   
   other well-known names, including Marlene Dietrich, Frank Sinatra, Buster   
   Keaton, Red Skelton, and Edward R. Murrow.   
       
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   Anderson worked with numerous big-name actors of the era, including James   
   Cagney on "Shake Hands with the Devil" and Gary Cooper and Charlton Heston on   
   "The Wreck of the Mary Deare." He reunited with Cooper on "The Naked Edge,"   
   Cooper's last film.   
       
   He also worked with notable British stars, including Michael Redgrave, Alec   
   Guinness, Peter Ustinov, Richard Todd, and Laurence Olivier.   
       
   "Logan's Run" debuted in 1976 as one of the most expensive films of the year   
   and earned $50 million at the box office for Metro Goldwyn Mayer. The film   
   starred Michael York, Jenny Agutter, Richard Jordan, Roscoe Lee Browne, Farrah   
   Fawcett, and Peter Ustinov and won a Special Academy Award for its innovative   
   special effects.   
       
   Anderson is survived by his wife of 40 years, Adrianne Ellis, and his   
   stepchildren, actress Laurie Holden ("The Walking Dead," "The X-Files," "The   
   Shield," "The Americans"), Christopher Holden, and his namesake, Michael   
   Anderson, Jr.   
       
       
   Regards,   
       
   Roger   
      
   --- Klaatu barada Nickto   
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