Julia Roberts Pays Tribute To The "Kind And Gentle" Director Of Notting Hill.

Actor Sam Neal also praised Michelle as "an amazing person." The Jurassic Park star said he and the cast of Blackbird became "lifelong friends" after working on the 2019 drama and were "sorry" to hear of his death.

"We wish the cast, with our director Roger, all got bird tattoos after we shot Blackbird," Neil wrote on Twitter. - I'm sorry for his family. Michelle is survived by her four children - Harry, Rosie, Maggie, and Sparrow - from her two marriages to Kate Buffery and Anna Maxwell Martin. Samantha Morton, who starred in Michelle's 2004 film Durable Love, said she was "an extraordinary director with great integrity and compassion."

"In this world, his kindness is vital to me," he continued on Twitter. "Thank you, Roger, for being so wonderful to all of us." Sam Claflin, who starred in "My Cousin Rachel" alongside Rachel Weiss, said on his own Twitter that he was "patient, kind and loving." "You are truly one from the best men I have ever worked with," the British actor wrote. "Life is too short."

Daniel Mace said Michelle's death was a "huge loss to the stage and screen," a sentiment echoed by fellow British actor Toby Stevens. Stevens, son of actress Dam Maggie Smith, said he was "heartbroken" at the loss of a "great friend" and "an amazing director." Sanjeev Bhaskar, who played a small role in Notting Hill, said he was "shocked and saddened" when he heard of the director's sudden death.

 "Hospitality I will never forget." Another Notting Hill participant, James Dreyfus, said he was "one of the most beautiful and gentle artists I have ever worked with." Michelle is also remembered by her volunteer Samuel West, with whom she worked in film and theater.

"He was a handsome man and the perfect director: generous, authoritarian, tasteful and very kind," West wrote. "I love him so much." The "devastated" Jason Watkins, directed by Michelle in The Lost Honor of Christopher Jefferies, said he would be "lost" without his "partners and collaborators." I owe him a lot," wrote the actor, who won a 2014 award for his role in a television drama about a teacher who allegedly murdered his tenant.