Nicolas Roeg
Nicolas Jack Roeg CBE BSC (/ˈroʊɡ/; 15 August 1928 – 23 November 2018) was an English film director and cinematographer, best known for directing Performance (1970), Walkabout (1971), Don't Look Now (1973), The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976), Bad Timing (1980) and The Witches (1990).
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Roeg at the 43rd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2008 | |
| Born | Nicolas Jack Roeg 15 August 1928 London, England |
| Died | 23 November 2018 (aged 90) London, England |
| Other names | Nicholas Jack Roeg |
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| Years active | 1947–2013 |
| Spouses | Harriet Harper (m. 2005) |
| Children | 6 |
Making his directorial debut 23 years after his entry into the film business, Roeg quickly became known for an idiosyncratic visual and narrative style, characterised by the use of disjointed and disorienting editing. For this reason, he is considered a highly influential filmmaker, cited as an inspiration by such directors as Steven Soderbergh, Christopher Nolan and Danny Boyle.
In 1999, the British Film Institute acknowledged Roeg's importance in the British film industry by naming Don't Look Now and Performance the 8th- and 48th-greatest British films of all time in its Top 100 British films poll.