United Kingdom, Film Director August 15, 1928 – November, 23, 2018.
Nicolas Jack Roeg CBE BSC (/ˈroʊɡ/) 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).
Also known as Cinematographer
Mirrors are the essence of movies.
In life, we all learn from everyone.
Movies are not scripts - movies are films; they're not books, they're not the theatre.
You make the movie through the cinematography - it sounds quite a simple idea, but it was like a huge revelation to me.
Too many films today feel formulaic and familiar. I prefer it when the familiar is made to feel strange.
Movies which set out to be 'commercial' usually have an artificial look about them-a certain waxlike quality. They allow for no failure, no moment of mistake.
We're all influenced by everything unless we're locked in an empty room.
The great difference between screen acting and theatre acting is that screen acting is about reacting - 75% of the time, great screen actors are great reactors.
The rules are learnt in order to be broken, but if you don't know them, then something is missing.
What makes God laugh is people who make plans.
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