Roger Spottiswoode
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Roger Spottiswoode (born January 5, 1945 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian-born film director and writer, who began his career as an editor in the 1970s. He has 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 one of the writing team responsible for 48 Hrs. starring Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte.
[edit] Selected filmography
- Terror Train (1980) – director
- The Pursuit of D. B. Cooper (1981) – director
- 48 Hrs. (1982) – co-writer
- Under Fire (1983) – director
- The Best of Times (1986) – director
- Shoot to Kill (1988) – director
- Turner & Hooch (1989) – director
- Air America (1990) – director
- Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992) – director
- Mesmer (1994) – director
- Hiroshima (1995) – co-director
- Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) – director
- The 6th Day (2000) – director
- Spinning Boris (2003) – director
- Ripley Under Ground (2005) – director
- Shake Hands with the Devil (2007) – director
- The Children of Huang Shi (2007) – director
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Preceded by Martin Campbell 1995 |
James Bond film director 1997 |
Succeeded by Michael Apted 1999 |
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