Nicolas Roeg

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Nicolas Jack Roeg (born August 15, 1928 in London) is an English cinematographer and film director. Contributing to the visual look of Lawrence of Arabia and Roger Corman's The Masque of the Red Death, and co-directing Performance, he would later become the guiding force behind such landmark films as Don't Look Now, Walkabout and The Man Who Fell to Earth, which starred David Bowie.

These and his other pictures are known for their use of the cut-up technique, through which a linear narrative is given a new and less conventional meaning. Often, Roeg will photograph his stories in disjunctive and semi-coherent ways that only make full sense in the film's final moments, when a crucial piece of information surfaces. These techniques, and Roeg's uniquely foreboding sense of atmosphere, have greatly influenced later filmmakers such as Ridley Scott and François Ozon. His later films, however, have received a colder reception by the viewing public.

Nicholas's films were sampled and used as the base for Big Audio Dynamite's 1980s track E=MC2, an homage from Mick Jones (formerly of The Clash) and his band.

Spouses

Harriet Harper (2004 to present)
Theresa Russell (1982) (divorced) 2 children
Susan Stephen (1957 - 1977) (divorced) 4 children

Filmography

Films as director

Performance, with Donald Cammell (1970)
Walkabout (1971)
Don't Look Now (1973)
The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)
Bad Timing: A Sensual Obsession (1980)
Eureka (1984)
Insignificance (1985)
Castaway (1986)
Aria, with ten other directors (1987)
Track 29 (1988)
Sweet Bird of Youth (TV) (1989)
The Witches (1990)
Cold Heaven (1991)
Heart of Darkness (TV) (1994)
Hotel Paradise (1995)
Two Deaths (1995)
Full Body Massage (TV) (1995)
Puffball (2006)
Adina (2007)

Selected films as cinematographer

The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
Nothing But the Best (1964)
Doctor Zhivago (1965) (uncredited) (some scenes)
Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966)
Far from the Madding Crowd (1967)
Petulia (1968)
Performance (1970)
Walkabout (1971)

References

Nicolas Roeg, Neil Feineman, Boston: Twayne, 1978
The Films of Nicolas Roeg: Myth and Mind, John Izod, Basingstoke, Macmillan, 1992
Fragile Geometry: The Films, Philosophy and Misadventures of Nicolas Roeg, Joseph Lanza, New York: Paj Publications, 1989.
The Films of Nicolas Roeg, Neil Sinyard, London: Letts, 1991

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