Roger Michell, ‘Notting Hill’ and ‘The Duke’ director, dead at 65
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nypost.combiggest commercial hit was “Notting Hill,” the Richard Curtis-penned comedy about an awkward romance between a movie star played by Julia Roberts and a London bookshop owner, played by Hugh Grant.After its release in 1999, it was for a time the highest-grossing British film in history, and Michell followed it with Hollywood thriller “Changing Lanes,” starring Ben Affleck and Samuel L.
Jackson.But he largely made films in Britain, including “Enduring Love,” based on an Ian McEwan novel, and “Venus,” which gained Peter O’Toole an Academy Award nomination.Later films included “Hyde Park on Hudson,” a historical drama starring Bill Murray as President Franklin D.
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