- When the director's interest in filmmaking began to wane, one of the other interests he turned to was falconry.He directed a falcon center in Saudi Arabia and became chief falconer to that country's royal family.His falconry exploits inspired a 1998 Tv movie, The Falconer.
- His former wife Dido Goldsmith is the daughter of environmentalist Edward Goldsmith and the niece of Sir James Goldsmith. Their daughter Robin was a filmmaker.
- He had a son with Coral Atkins.
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