Nicolas Roeg

Nicolas Roeg

1928-08-15 London, England, UK 81 Credits

Biography

Nicolas Jack Roeg (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, characterized by the use of disjointed and disorienting editing.

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Crowhurst

Crowhurst

2018

Executive Producer

6.8
Producing

Donald Crowhurst competes in an around the world boat race. His lack of experience and mental state soon lead to tragedy.

Nicolas Roeg: It's About Time...

Nicolas Roeg: It's About Time...

2015

as Self

5.0
Acting

The first major profile of the great British film director Nicolas Roeg, examining his very personal vision of cinema as in such films as Don't Look N...

The Film That Buys the Cinema

The Film That Buys the Cinema

2014

Director

Directing

A collection of films from an eclectic array of contributors commissioned to raise funds for the Bristol independent cinema The Cube.

David Bowie: Five Years

David Bowie: Five Years

2013

as Self

7.5
Acting

Featuring a wealth of previously unseen archive, this film looks at how Bowie continually evolved: from Ziggy Stardust to the Soul Star of Young Ameri...

The Mapmaker

2012

Executive Producer

6.5
Producing

A short UK drama following an ageing couple who return to the seaside where they were happy 50 years earlier. Now their lives have changed and they fa...

Zero

2011

Producer

Producing

Thriller-drama about eight losers who will have to deal with a new life in which apparently they are the only people alive.

That's Insignificance

That's Insignificance

2011

as Self

Acting

A behind-the-scenes look at the making of Nicolas Roeg's 1985 film INSIGNIFICANCE featuring interviews with the cast.

Away We Stay

Away We Stay

2010

as Restaurant Guest

6.0
Acting
Heavy Rain

Heavy Rain

2010

as Himself

2.0
Acting

A powerful short documentary inspired by the launch of the genre breaking PlayStation 3 title HEAVY RAIN. 

Directed by the acclaimed filmmaker Neil L...

The Making of Casino Royale, 1967

The Making of Casino Royale, 1967

2008

as Self - Director of Photography Stunt Unit

5.3
Acting

Interviews and overview of the making of the original 1967 James Bond film.

Puffball

Puffball

2007

Director

3.6
Directing

Powerful supernatural forces are unleashed when a young architect becomes pregnant after moving to an isolated and mysterious valley to build a house.

Michael Powell

Michael Powell

2005

Acting

The first episode of a new arts documentary program from BBC Scotland was dedicated to Michael Powell in his centenary year. The program interviews ma...

100 Greatest Sexy Moments

100 Greatest Sexy Moments

2003

as Self

5.0
Acting

Documentary, based on a British poll, listing the 100 sexiest movie and TV moments. Supplemented by new interviews with performers, filmmakers, and au...

Watching the Alien

2003

as Self

Acting

Documentary about The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)

Don't Look Now: Looking Back

Don't Look Now: Looking Back

2002

as Himself

6.5
Acting

In this short making-of documentary, director Nicolas Roeg discusses the production history of the film and the unique qualities of Daphne Du Maurier'...

The Sound of Claudia Schiffer

2000

Director

Directing

This collaboration between Roeg and Adrian Utley of Portishead was filmed as part of the BBC’s Sound On Film series

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Demons of Deception

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Demons of Deception

1999

Director

5.3
Directing

Indy's work with the Belgian Army takes him to the front lines of Verdun in 1916, where officers' callous stupidity sends thousands of men to their de...

Full Body Massage

Full Body Massage

1999

Director

5.4
Directing

Nina, an art dealer, has her weekly massage appointment and is surprised to find out her usual masseur, Douglas, has sent a replacement named Fitch. T...

Donald Cammell: The Ultimate Performance

1998

as Self

6.0
Acting

Documentary profile of the Scottish painter, screenwriter and director Donald Cammell, who committed suicide in 1996.

Samson and Delilah

Samson and Delilah

1996

Director, Writer

6.5
Directing Writing

Biblical strongman Samson falls prey to the voluptuous Philistine temptress Delilah.

Two Deaths

Two Deaths

1996

Director

5.4
Directing

A tale of power, passion and obsession set in a politically torn Eastern European country.

François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - Love & Death

François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - Love & Death

1996

as Self

7.7
Acting

A fascinating glimpse into Truffaut’s creative process and how his life informed his art, told from the perspectives of those who knew him best.

Hotel Paradise

Hotel Paradise

1995

Director

4.5
Directing

A bride-to-be wakes up one morning next to a man chained to the bed, but cannot remember what happened the night before.

Heart of Darkness

Heart of Darkness

1993

Director

5.7
Directing

A trading company manager travels up an African river to find a missing outpost head and discovers the depth of evil in humanity's soul.

Cold Heaven

Cold Heaven

1992

Director

4.6
Directing

An adulterous woman's faith in God is tested when her husband dies and miraculously comes back to life.

The Witches

The Witches

1990

Director

6.9
Directing

A young boy named Luke and his grandmother go on vacation only to discover their hotel is hosting an international witch convention, where the Grand H...

Without You I'm Nothing

Without You I'm Nothing

1990

Executive Producer

5.4
Producing

Sandra Bernhard stars in a studio version of her off-Broadway show, blending re-enactments of the original show's pieces with concept vignettes and 't...

Sweet Bird of Youth

Sweet Bird of Youth

1989

Director

5.7
Directing

Tennessee William’s masterful melodrama about an aging movie star who, appalled by her own image on the screen, flees from her movie premiere and goes...

Track 29

Track 29

1988

Director

5.5
Directing

Years after a desperate teenage Linda gives up her baby for adoption, she finds herself face-to-face with Martin, a young man claiming to be her long-...

Aria

Aria

1987

Writer, Director

5.6
Writing Directing

Ten short pieces directed by ten different directors, including Ken Russell, Jean-Luc Godard, Robert Altman, Bruce Beresford, and Nicolas Roeg. Each s...

Iceberg

Iceberg

1987

Director

Directing

With its simple and iconic imagery this was public information film at its most sensational: expensive special effects and high-concept production des...

Monolith

Monolith

1987

Director

Directing

John Hurt narrates this highly charged and doom-laden public information film from the 1987 AIDS awareness campaign. A cliff-face explodes in slow mot...

Castaway

Castaway

1986

Director

6.3
Directing

Middle-aged Gerald Kingsland advertises in a London paper for a female companion to spend a year with him on a desert island. The young Lucy Irving ta...

Insignificance

Insignificance

1985

Director

6.4
Directing

Four 1950s cultural icons who conceivably could have met but probably didn't, fictionally do so in this modern fable of post-WWII America. Visually in...

Eureka

Eureka

1983

Director

5.3
Directing

After striking it rich on a large gold strike, a prospector retires to the quiet life on a Caribbean island but ends up coping with an alcoholic wife,...

Nothing As It Seems: The Films of Nicolas Roeg

Nothing As It Seems: The Films of Nicolas Roeg

1982

as Self

Acting

Documentary on Nicolas Roeg

Bad Timing

Bad Timing

1980

Director

6.6
Directing

Alex Linden is a psychiatrist living in Vienna who meets Milena Flaherty though a mutual friend. Though Alex is quite a bit older than Milena, he's at...

The Man Who Fell to Earth

The Man Who Fell to Earth

1976

Director

6.5
Directing

Thomas Jerome Newton is an alien who has come to Earth in search of water to save his home planet. Aided by lawyer Oliver Farnsworth, Thomas uses his ...

Don't Look Now

Don't Look Now

1973

Director

6.9
Directing

While grieving a terrible loss, a married couple meet two mysterious sisters, one of whom gives them a message sent from the afterlife.

Glastonbury Fayre

Glastonbury Fayre

1972

Director, Director of Photography

7.0
Directing

In the Summer of 1971 the Glastonbury legend was born when the organisers decided to try and create a festival that would be a forerunner for an 'alte...

Walkabout

Walkabout

1971

Director, Story, Director of Photography

7.3
Directing Writing

Under the pretense of having a picnic, a geologist takes his teenage daughter and 6-year-old son into the Australian outback and attempts to shoot the...

Performance

Performance

1970

Director, Director of Photography

6.7
Directing

In underworld terms, Chas Devlin is a 'performer,' a gangster with a talent for violence and intimidation. Turner is a reclusive rock superstar. When ...

Petulia

Petulia

1968

Director of Photography

5.9
Directing

Dr. Archie Bollen is having a midlife crisis. He's just divorced his wife and is establishing a new life for himself. One night, he catches the eye of...

Far from the Madding Crowd

Far from the Madding Crowd

1967

Director of Photography

6.9
Directing

Bathsheba Everdine, a willful, flirtatious, young woman, unexpectedly inherits a large farm and becomes romantically involved with three widely diverg...

Casino Royale

Casino Royale

1967

Additional Photography

5.2

Sir James Bond is called back out of retirement to stop SMERSH. In order to trick SMERSH, James thinks up the ultimate plan - that every agent will be...

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

1966

Director of Photography

6.0
Directing

A wily slave must unite a virgin courtesan and his young smitten master to earn his freedom.

Fahrenheit 451

Fahrenheit 451

1966

Director of Photography

7.1
Directing

In the future, the government maintains control of public opinion by outlawing literature and maintaining a group of enforcers, known as “firemen,” to...

Judith

Judith

1966

Second Unit Director, Additional Photography

4.3
Directing

A Jewish woman is recruited to help track down a German commander who was her former husband.

Every Day's a Holiday

Every Day's a Holiday

1965

Director of Photography

6.5
Directing

A group of teenagers take jobs at a holiday camp for the summer and enter a TV talent show

Code 7, Victim 5

Code 7, Victim 5

1964

Director of Photography

4.6
Directing

The first victim is the butler of South African millionaire Wexler, who hires hard-hitting private eye Steve Martin for protection. Once at Wexler’s p...

The Masque of the Red Death

The Masque of the Red Death

1964

Director of Photography

6.6
Directing

A European prince terrorizes the local peasantry while using his castle as a refuge against the "Red Death" plague that stalks the land.

The System

The System

1964

Director of Photography

6.2
Directing

In a seaside village, a group of local young men mingle among the seasonal tourists in search of sexual conquests. Near the end of one summer, the lea...

Nothing But the Best

Nothing But the Best

1964

Director of Photography

5.8
Directing

Success has James Brewster's name written all over it, and he also has his heart set on his boss's daughter. A con artist hires him to help out on a b...

The Caretaker

The Caretaker

1964

Director of Photography

7.2
Directing

Aston, a quiet, reserved man, lives alone in a top-floor cluttered room of a small abandoned house in a poor London district. He befriends and takes i...

Death Drums Along the River

Death Drums Along the River

1963

Writer

5.1
Writing

A British colonial policeman in Africa investigates a murder in a hospital up river.

Dr. Crippen

Dr. Crippen

1963

Director of Photography

6.0
Directing

A British physician stands trial for murdering his wife after he and his mistress are captured while fleeing to Canada.

Just for Fun

Just for Fun

1963

Director of Photography, Lighting Camera

3.7
Directing

When the government cuts the quota of musical programs permitted on television, teenagers Mark and Cherry lead others youngsters in forming their own ...

Lawrence of Arabia

Lawrence of Arabia

1962

Second Unit Cinematographer

8.0

The story of British officer T.E. Lawrence's mission to aid the Arab tribes in their revolt against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Law...

A Prize of Arms

A Prize of Arms

1962

Story

6.5
Writing

A criminal gang sets out to pull off the heist of a large army payroll.

Band of Thieves

Band of Thieves

1962

Director of Photography

7.2
Directing

A group of prisoners are encouraged to form a jazz band and vow to go straight when they are released to tour the country. However, the trumpets and c...

Information Received

Information Received

1961

Director of Photography

Directing

Drama of an underworld double-cross as a man and woman set a death trap from which only one could possibly escape.

Doctor Blood's Coffin

Doctor Blood's Coffin

1961

Camera Operator

5.1

After being thrown out of medical school for ethical violations, Dr. Peter Blood returns home to a small Cornish village, where he sets up a research ...

The Sundowners

The Sundowners

1960

Camera Operator

6.7

In the Australian Outback, the Carmody family--Paddy, Ida, and their teenage son Sean--are sheep drovers, always on the move. Ida and Sean want to set...

Jazz Boat

Jazz Boat

1960

Camera Operator

6.0

A bumbling gang of thieves crash a jazz party.

The Trials of Oscar Wilde

The Trials of Oscar Wilde

1960

Camera Operator

6.4

England, 1890s. The brutal and embittered Marquis of Queensberry, who believes that his youngest son, Bosie, has an inappropriate relationship with th...

Tarzan's Greatest Adventure

Tarzan's Greatest Adventure

1959

Camera Operator

5.3

The greatest adventure of jungle king Tarzan. Four British villains raid a settlement to obtain explosives for use in a diamond mine. In doing so they...

The Bandit Of Zhobe

The Bandit Of Zhobe

1959

Camera Operator

British soldiers in India must contend with an outlaw bandit.

Innocent Meeting

Innocent Meeting

1959

Camera Operator

5.5

The daughter of a textile company owner falls in love with a young illustrator with a secret criminal past.

The Child and the Killer

The Child and the Killer

1959

Camera Operator

6.0

Joe Marsh (Robert Arden) is a U.S. Army captain who goes on the run in Britain after committing murder. He breaks into a family's home and forces 7-ye...

The Great Van Robbery

The Great Van Robbery

1959

Camera Operator

4.0

Interpol detective Caesar Smith tracks robbers of the Royal Mint van. He travels to Rio de Janeiro, Rome and Paris and establishes the guilt of a Lond...

Passport to Shame

Passport to Shame

1958

Camera Operator

6.4

British melodrama about a cabbie befriending a girl caught up in the white slave trade.

A Woman Possessed

A Woman Possessed

1958

Camera Operator

5.5

English doctor John Winthrop (Francis Matthews) must protect his new wife, Ann (Kay Callard), from his wealthy and entirely too overbearing mother, Ka...

The Man Inside

The Man Inside

1958

Camera Operator

5.7

A detective tracking a stolen gem begins to suspect there's more to the case than just theft.

Moment of Indiscretion

Moment of Indiscretion

1958

Camera Operator

Janet Miller (Lana Morris) is a married woman caught in awkward circumstances after police investigating a murder come up with evidence, and a potenti...

Bhowani Junction

Bhowani Junction

1956

Assistant Camera

5.8

Anglo-Indian Victoria Jones seeks her true identity amid the chaos of the British withdrawal from India.

Pacific Destiny

Pacific Destiny

1956

Focus Puller

5.2

Life is strange and worrying for a cadet who arrives in the Pacific in the colonial service. And the testy resident commissioner, who had been expecti...

John Wesley

John Wesley

1954

Assistant Camera

1.0

Rescued from a burning house as a child, John Wesley believes the experience marked him for a higher purpose, a 'brand from the burning'. The film fol...

All Hallowe'en

1953

Clapper Loader

A woman falls in love with a ghost on All Hallows Eve.

Cosh Boy

Cosh Boy

1953

Focus Puller

5.5

Roy Walsh is a brash and enterprising thug who bullies his friends into subservience. He and his gang assault and rob people on the street, but things...

Circumstantial Evidence

Circumstantial Evidence

1952

Focus Puller

5.5

Long after being deserted by her husband, Linda Harrison will soon be free to marry her lover, Michael Carteret. But when her husband suddenly reappe...

Calling Bulldog Drummond

Calling Bulldog Drummond

1951

Assistant Camera

5.8

Bulldog Drummond leaves retirement to help a Scotland Yard Sergeant catch thieves armed with radar.