Age: 79
Birthplace: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Roger Spottiswoode (born 5 January 1945) is a British-Canadian film director, editor and writer. He was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and was raised in Britain. His father Raymond Spottiswoode was a British film theoretician who worked at the National Film Board of Canada during the 1940s, directing such short films as Wings of a Continent.
In the 1960s, Roger 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.
Spottiswoode turned to directing in the early 1980s and has since directed a number of notable films and television productions, including Under Fire (1983) and the 1997 James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies starring Pierce Brosnan. Spottiswoode was a member of the writing team responsible for 48 Hrs. starring Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte. In 2000, he directed the science fiction action thriller The 6th Day starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Year | Film | Director | Editor | Writer |
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1971 | Straw Dogs |
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1973 | Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid | |||
1980 | Terror Train |
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1981 | The Pursuit of D. B. Cooper | |||
1982 | 48 Hrs. |
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1983 | Under Fire |
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1986 | The Best of Times | |||
1988 | Shoot to Kill | |||
1989 | Turner & Hooch | |||
1990 | Air America | |||
1992 | Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot | |||
1993 | And the Band Played On | |||
1994 | Mesmer | |||
1995 | Hiroshima | |||
1997 | Tomorrow Never Dies | |||
2000 | The 6th Day | |||
2003 | Spinning Boris | |||
2005 | Ripley Under Ground | |||
2007 | Shake Hands with the Devil | |||
2008 | The Children of Huang Shi | |||
2012 | Beyond Right and Wrong | |||
2014 | Midnight Sun | |||
2016 | A Street Cat Named Bob |