The director, who made films including Notting Hill, Enduring Love and My Cousin Rachel, has diedMichael Billington: ‘Michell brought the unexpected out of actors’Peter Bradshaw on Michell: a quiet genius still hitting his strideRoger Michell: a career in picturesRoger Michell, the much-admired director of films including Notting Hill, Venus and My Cousin Rachel, has died.
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A statement from Michell’s publicist confirmed the news, saying: “It is with great sadness that the family of Roger Michell, director, writer and father of Harry, Rosie, Maggie and Sparrow, announce his death at the age of 65 on 22 September.”