FILM DIRECTOR

Nicolas Roeg

1928 - 2018

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Nicolas Jack Roeg ( ROHG; 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). 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nicolas Roeg is the 521st most popular film director (up from 591st in 2019), the 2,222nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,203rd in 2019) and the 41st most popular British Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Nicolas Roeg ranks 521 out of 2,041. Before him are Louis Feuillade, Michel Gondry, Mika Kaurismäki, Grigori Aleksandrov, Fernando Solanas, and Gerard Damiano. After him are Mikhail Romm, Claude Goretta, Sergio Sollima, John Milius, Claude Autant-Lara, and Carlo Lizzani.

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Among people born in 1928, Nicolas Roeg ranks 214. Before him are Sisavath Keobounphanh, Jack Kevorkian, Willy Mairesse, Luigi Colani, Cy Twombly, and Gerard Damiano. After him are Anatoly Filipchenko, Édouard Glissant, Jimmy Jones, Hans Herrmann, Maynard Ferguson, and Rosemary Clooney. Among people deceased in 2018, Nicolas Roeg ranks 156. Before him are David Ogden Stiers, Vladimir Lyakhov, Margit Sandemo, Leila Abashidze, Sergio Marchionne, and Đỗ Mười. After him are Dan Gurney, Robert Kerman, José Antonio Abreu, Vladimir Voinovich, Lassie Lou Ahern, and Morris Halle.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Nicolas Roeg ranks 2,222 out of 8,785. Before him are Cliff Jones (1935), Mary Cartwright (1900), Olivia Colman (1974), Patrick Magee (1922), Harry Redknapp (1947), and Harry Gregg (1932). After him are Cassivellaunus (-100), David Roberts (1796), Alan Smith (1962), John Wyndham (1903), Julian Sands (1958), and John Scott Russell (1808).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Nicolas Roeg ranks 41. Before him are Sam Mendes (1965), David Yates (1963), David Byrne (1952), Michael Anderson (1920), J. Stuart Blackton (1875), and Mike Leigh (1943). After him are Peter Yates (1929), Derek Jarman (1942), Paul W. S. Anderson (1965), Hugh Hudson (1936), Ken Annakin (1914), and John Badham (1939).

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