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Roger Spottiswoode

Roger Spottiswoode

Canadian-British film director

John Roger Spottiswoode[2] (born 5 January 1945) is a Canadian-British director, editor and writer of film and television.

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Early life

He was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and was raised in Britain.[3] His father Raymond Spottiswoode was a British film theoretician[4] who worked at the National Film Board of Canada during the 1940s, directing short films such as Wings of a Continent.

Career

In the 1960s, Spottiswoode entered the British film industry as a trainee editor where he apprenticed under editor John Bloom. In the early 1970s Spottiswoode edited several films for Sam Peckinpah.[5]

He wanted to direct and Walter Hill advised him the best way in was to write a script. Hill and Spottiswoode collaborated on the scripts for 48 Hours and the never-made The Last Gun. [6]

Spottiswoode turned to directing in the early 1980s and has since directed a number of notable films and television productions, including Under Fire (1983)[7] and the 1997 James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies starring Pierce Brosnan.[8] Spottiswoode was a member of the writing team responsible for 48 Hrs. starring Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte.[9] In 2000, he directed the science fiction action thriller The 6th Day starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.[10]

Filmography

Film

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As editor

As writer

Television

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TV movies

Awards and nominations

Won

Nominated

References

  1. [1]
    Roger Spottiswoode's bio at www.northernstars.ca
  2. [2]
    Spottiswoode, John Roger. "Directors Guild of Canada". dgc.ca.
  3. [3]
    "Making the movies Hollywood doesn't want" by Johanna Schneller at www.theglobeandmail.com
  4. [4]
    "Criticism: The 1930s: theory and debate" by Geoff Brown at screenonline.org
  5. [5]
    "All Aboard...If You Dare!: An Interview with Roger Spottiswoode".
  6. [6]
    Vagg, Stephen (14 July 2020). ""John Wick with spurs" – A look at Walter Hill's Unmade The Last Gun". Diabolique.
  7. [7]
    "Screen: 'Under Fire'" by Vincent Canby at www.nytimes.com
  8. [8]
    Tomorrow Never Dies Review by Todd McCarthy at variety.com
  9. [9]
    "Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy in '48 HOURS'" by Janet Maslin at www.nytimes.com
  10. [10]
    The 6th Day Review by Todd McCarthy at variety.com
  11. [11]
    "Spottiswoode's 'Terror Train'" by John Corry (original context from October 3, 1980, Section C, Page 10) at www.nytimes.com
  12. [12]
    The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper Review - "Begun by director John Frankenheimer, continued by director Buzz Kulik and finally finished by Spottiswoode" at variety.com
  13. [13]
    "Film: 'Best of Times,' Football Story" by Walter Goodman (original context from January 31, 1986, Section C, Page 20) at www.nytimes.com
  14. [14]
    Shoot to Kill review at variety.com
  15. [15]
    Air America review at variety.com
  16. [16]
    Stop! or My Mom Will Shoot review at variety.com
  17. [17]
    Mesmer review by Leonard Klady at variety.com
  18. [18]
    Spinning Boris review by David Rooney at variety.com
  19. [19]
    Shake Hands With the Devil Review at www.hollywoodreporter.com
  20. [20]
    "Spottiswoode’s Nanjing drama surfaces" by Etan Vlessing at playbackonline.ca
  21. [21]
    "‘Trahir’ tops Montreal" by Brendan Kelly at variety.com
  22. [22]
    "Fest’s big ‘Screen’" by David Rooney at variety.com
  23. [23]
    2008 Genie Nominees at www.thestar.com


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