1998, he said "I honestly feel like a teenager", and had no intention of retiring. Despite this statement, his last film credit before his retirement would end up being The New Adventures of Pinocchio (1999). In 2012, Michael Anderson received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Directors Guild of Canada. At the time of his death, Anderson was the oldest living nominee for an Academy Award for Best Director, and the only surviving director whose film won a Best Picture award in the 1950s. Personal life Anderson was married three times: Betty Jordan (1923–2008) married in 1939; five children Vera Carlisle (born 1935) married in 1969; one child Actress Adrienne Ellis (born 1944); two stepchildren; stepfather of actress Laurie Holden (The X-Files, Silent Hill, The Mist, The Walking Dead) and Christopher Holden. His son Michael Anderson Jr., is an actor who appeared in Logan's Run and The Martian Chronicles; another son, David Anderson, is a film producer. Anderson died on 25 April 2018 at the age of 98, from heart disease. Filmography Private Angelo (1949) Waterfront Women (1950) Hell Is Sold Out (1951) Night Was Our Friend (1951) Will Any Gentleman...? (1953) The House of the Arrow (1953) The Dam Busters (1955) 1984 (1956) Around the World in 80 Days (1956) Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst (1957) Chase a Crooked Shadow (1958) Shake Hands with the Devil (1959) The Wreck of the Mary Deare (1959) All the Fine Young Cannibals (1960) The Naked Edge (1961) Flight from Ashiya (1964) Wild and Wonderful (1964) Operation Crossbow (1965) The Quiller Memorandum (1966) The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968) Pope Joan (1972) Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze (1975) Conduct Unbecoming (1975) Logan's Run (1976) Orca (1977) Nessie (1977) was to be a co-production between Hammer Films and Toho Company Ltd. The project was cancelled during pre-production after promotional material was printed and published in trade magazines such as Variety. Dominique (1979) The Martian Chronicles (1980) (TV) Murder by Phone (1982) Second Time Lucky (1984) Separate Vacations (1986) Sword of Gideon (1986) (TV) The Jeweller's Shop (1989) Millennium (1989) Young Catherine (1991) (TV) The Sea Wolf (1993) (TV) Rugged Gold (1994) (TV) Captains Courageous (1996) (TV) 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1997) (TV) Summer of the Monkeys (1998) The New Adventures of Pinocchio (1999) References External links Michael Anderson biography at BFI Screenonline Obituary at Variety Obituary at The Telegraph Obituary