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Nicolas Roeg(1928-2018)

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  • Cinematographer
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Nicolas Roeg
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When he made his directorial debut in 1970, Nicolas Roeg was already a 23-year veteran of the British film industry, starting out in 1947 as an editing apprentice and working his way up to cinematographer twelve years later. He first came to attention as part of the second unit on David Lean's Lawrence of Arabia (1962), with Roger Corman's The Masque of the Red Death (1964) two years later containing his first really distinctive solo work. He went on to photograph films for such distinguished directors as François Truffaut (Fahrenheit 451 (1966)), John Schlesinger (Far from the Madding Crowd (1967)) and Richard Lester (Petulia (1968)) before his sensational directorial debut in 1968. Co-directed with writer (and painter) Donald Cammell, Performance (1970) was intended to be a simple-minded star vehicle for Mick Jagger and Warner Bros were so horrified when they saw the final multi-layered kaleidoscope of sex, violence, and questions of identity that they delayed its release for two years. Roeg went to Australia for his solo debut as director (Walkabout (1971)), which was also his last film as cinematographer, and throughout the next decade he produced a world-class body of work (Don't Look Now (1973); The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976); Bad Timing: A Sensual Obsession (1980)) that revealed his uniquely off-kilter view of the world, expressed through fragmented, dislocated images and a highly original yet strangely accessible approach to narrative. He married the star of Bad Timing: A Sensual Obsession (1980), the elegant Theresa Russell who would play the female lead in nearly all his subsequent films, though these have generally found less favor with critics and audiences, and the release of both Eureka (1983) and Cold Heaven (1991) was severely restricted due to problems with the films' distributors.
BornAugust 15, 1928
DiedNovember 23, 2018(90)
BornAugust 15, 1928
DiedNovember 23, 2018(90)
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  • Nominated for 3 BAFTA Awards

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Nicolas Roeg in Aria (1987)
Nicolas Roeg in Aria (1987)
Theresa Russell and Nicolas Roeg in Aria (1987)
Nicolas Roeg in Aria (1987)
Nicolas Roeg in Aria (1987)
Theresa Russell and Nicolas Roeg in Aria (1987)
Theresa Russell and Nicolas Roeg in Aria (1987)
Theresa Russell and Nicolas Roeg in Bad Timing: A Sensual Obsession (1980)
David Bowie, Nicolas Roeg, and Anthony B. Richmond in The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)
Nicolas Roeg in Aria (1987)
Nicolas Roeg
Nicolas Roeg

Known for

Jenny Agutter, David Gulpilil, and Luc Roeg in Walkabout (1971)
Walkabout
7.6
  • Director
  • 1971
Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie in Don't Look Now (1973)
Don't Look Now
7.2
  • Director
  • 1973
David Bowie in The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)
The Man Who Fell to Earth
6.6
  • Director
  • 1976
Anjelica Huston, Jasen Fisher, and Mai Zetterling in The Witches (1990)
The Witches
6.8
  • Director
  • 1990

Credits

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Camera and Electrical Department

  • Casino Royale (1967)
    Casino Royale
  • Judith (1966)
    Judith
  • Geraldine Chaplin, Julie Christie, and Omar Sharif in Doctor Zhivago (1965)
    Doctor Zhivago
    • (uncredited)
  • Just for Fun (1963)
    Just for Fun
  • Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Peter O'Toole, José Ferrer, and Jack Hawkins in Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
    Lawrence of Arabia
  • Ghost Squad (1961)
    Ghost Squad
    • (as Nick Roeg)
  • Doctor Blood's Coffin (1961)
    Doctor Blood's Coffin
    • (as Nick Roeg)
  • Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum, and Peter Ustinov in The Sundowners (1960)
    The Sundowners
    • (uncredited)
  • Peter Finch in The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960)
    The Trials of Oscar Wilde
    • (as Nick Roeg)
  • Jazz Boat (1960)
    Jazz Boat
    • (as Nick Roeg)
  • Tarzan's Greatest Adventure (1959)
    Tarzan's Greatest Adventure
    • (as Nick Roeg)
  • Victor Mature, Anne Aubrey, John Gilling, Sean Kelly, and Anthony Newley in The Bandit of Zhobe (1959)
    The Bandit of Zhobe
    • (as N. Roeg)
  • Innocent Meeting (1959)
    Innocent Meeting
    • (as Nick Roeg)
  • The Child and the Killer (1959)
    The Child and the Killer
    • (as Nick Roeg)
  • Kay Callard and Denis Shaw in The Great Van Robbery (1959)
    The Great Van Robbery
    • (as Nick Roeg)

Director

  • The Film That Buys the Cinema (2014)
    The Film That Buys the Cinema
  • Glastonbury Fayre (2018)
    Glastonbury Fayre
    • (uncredited)
  • Oscar Pearce and Kelly Reilly in Puffball: The Devil's Eyeball (2007)
    Puffball: The Devil's Eyeball
  • The Sound of Claudia Schiffer (2000)
    The Sound of Claudia Schiffer
  • The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Attack of the Hawkmen (1995)
    The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Demons of Deception
    • (segment Paris)
  • The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones (2002)
    The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones
  • Samson and Delilah (1996)
    Samson and Delilah
  • Erotic Tales Volume 3
  • Mimi Rogers and Bryan Brown in Full Body Massage (1995)
    Full Body Massage
  • Sonia Braga and Michael Gambon in Two Deaths (1995)
    Two Deaths
  • Vincent D'Onofrio and Theresa Russell in Hotel Paradise (1995)
    Hotel Paradise
  • John Malkovich and Tim Roth in Heart of Darkness (1993)
    Heart of Darkness
  • Sean Patrick Flanery and Corey Carrier in The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992)
    The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
  • Cold Heaven (1991)
    Cold Heaven
  • Anjelica Huston, Jasen Fisher, and Mai Zetterling in The Witches (1990)
    The Witches

Cinematographer

  • Glastonbury Fayre (2018)
    Glastonbury Fayre
  • Jenny Agutter, David Gulpilil, and Luc Roeg in Walkabout (1971)
    Walkabout
    • (photographed by)
  • Mick Jagger and James Fox in Performance (1970)
    Performance
    • (photographed by)
  • Petulia (1968)
    Petulia
    • (as Nicholas Roeg)
  • Far from the Madding Crowd (1967)
    Far from the Madding Crowd
  • Breakthrough
  • A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966)
    A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
  • Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
    Fahrenheit 451
  • The Girl-Getters (1964)
    The Girl-Getters
  • Seaside Swingers (1964)
    Seaside Swingers
    • (as Nicholas Roeg)
  • Lex Barker in Code 7, Victim 5 (1964)
    Code 7, Victim 5
    • (as Nicholas Roeg)
  • The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
    The Masque of the Red Death
    • (photographed by)
  • Nothing But the Best (1964)
    Nothing But the Best
    • (photographed by)
  • Dr. Crippen (1963)
    Dr. Crippen
    • (as Nick Roeg)
  • The Guest (1963)
    The Guest
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Shot for Shot: 'The Witches' (2020) vs. 'The Witches' (1990)
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Shot for Shot: 'The Witches' (2020) vs. 'The Witches' (1990)
Victim Five
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Victim Five
Glastonbury Fayre
Trailer 4:00
Glastonbury Fayre

Personal details

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    • August 15, 1928
    • St John's Wood, London, England, UK
    • November 23, 2018
    • London, England, UK(natural causes)
    • Harriet HarperJanuary 2005 - November 23, 2018 (his death)
    • Belinda Sinclair(Niece or Nephew)
  • Semi-autobiographical memoirish and impressiionistic chronicle of his work life "The World Is Ever Changing" (Faber and Faber)
  • Publicity listings
    • 3 Print Biographies
    • 5 Interviews
    • 8 Articles
    • 1 Magazine Cover Photo

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    Never went to film school.
  • Quotes
    There are three lovely critical expressions: pretentious, gratuitous, profound. None of which I truly understand.
    • Fragmented, non-linear narrative style

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