Roger Spottiswoode
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John Roger Spottiswoode (born 5 January 1945) is a Canadian-British director, editor and writer of film and television.
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 such 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.
Early life
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 such as Wings of a Continent.
Career
Roger started working as a trainee editor in the British film industry, where he apprenticed under editor John Bloom in the 1960s. Spottiswoode produced several films for Sam Peckinpah in the early 1970s.
He needed to command, but Walter Hill told him that the best way to do it was to write a script. Hill and Spottiswoode collaborated on the scripts for 48 hours and the never-made The Last Gun.
Spottiswoode began directing in the early 1980s and has since directed a number of well-known films and television shows, including Under Fire (1983) and Pierce Brosnan's 1997 James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies. Spottiswoode was a member of the writing team in charge of 48 hours. Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte appear in this film. He produced The 6th Day, a science fiction action thriller starring Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2000.