Director Justin Hardy has passed away from a heart attack at age 61. The director and producer was the son of Robin Hardy, an English author and director best known for his 1973 horror cult classic The Wicker Man, starring Edward Woodward and Christopher Lee. Describing him as having an "incredible appetite for life," his brother Dominic Hardy said (via BBC News): "We've lost him and we've lost that larger-than-life presence looking over us all. Children of The Wicker Man documentary (2024). This legacy led Hardy to direct the documentary Children of the Wicker Man (2024).