Vancouver April 29 (IANS) British director Michael Anderson who received an Oscar nomination for "Around the World in 80 Days" and later helmed the cult sci-fi classic "Logans Run" has died. He was 98.
Anderson who also demonstrated a command of war films by directing "The Dam Busters" (1955) "The Yangtse Incident" (1957) and "Operation Crossbow" (1965) died on Wednesday in Vancouver a spokeswoman for his family said reports hollywoodreporter.com.
His stepdaughter Laurie Holden has appeared as recurring characters on TV series such as "The X-Files" "The Shield" "The Walking Dead" and "The Americans".
Anderson is also survived by his third wife actress Adrianne Ellis.
Two of his sons followed him into show business: character actor Michael Anderson Jr. played the brother of John Wayne and Dean Martin in "The Sons of Katie Elder" (1965) and Doc in "Logan s Run" and David Anderson served as an assistant director on three James Bond films.
Anderson s autobiography titled "Directed by…" is soon to be published.
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