John Roger Spottiswoode[2] (born 5 January 1945) is a Canadian-British director, editor and writer of film and television.
Roger Spottiswoode
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| Born | John Roger Spottiswoode (1945-01-05) 5 January 1945 (age 79) |
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| Occupation(s) | Film director Film editor Screenwriter |
| Years active | 1966-present |
| Organization(s) | Directors Guild of America Directors Guild of Canada |
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(m. 1983; div. 1997) |
| Children | 2 |
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He was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and was raised in Britain.[3] His father Raymond Spottiswoode was a British film theoretician[4] who worked at the National Film Board of Canada during the 1940s, directing short films such as Wings of a Continent.
In the 1960s, Spottiswoode 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.[5]
He wanted to direct and Walter Hill advised him the best way in was to write a script. Hill and Spottiswoode collaborated on the scripts for 48 Hours and the never-made The Last Gun. [6]
Spottiswoode turned to directing in the early 1980s and has since directed a number of notable films and television productions, including Under Fire (1983)[7] and the 1997 James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies starring Pierce Brosnan.[8] Spottiswoode was a member of the writing team responsible for 48 Hrs. starring Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte.[9] In 2000, he directed the science fiction action thriller The 6th Day starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.[10]
| Year | Title | Notes | Refs |
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| 1980 | Terror Train | [11] | |
| 1981 | The Pursuit of D. B. Cooper | Replaced director Buzz Kulik[12] | |
| 1983 | Under Fire | ||
| 1986 | The Best of Times | [13] | |
| 1988 | Shoot to Kill | [14] | |
| 1989 | Turner & Hooch | ||
| 1990 | Air America | [15] | |
| 1992 | Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot | [16] | |
| 1994 | Mesmer | [17] | |
| 1997 | Tomorrow Never Dies | ||
| 2000 | The 6th Day | ||
| 2003 | Spinning Boris | [18] | |
| 2005 | Ripley Under Ground | ||
| 2007 | Shake Hands with the Devil | [19] | |
| 2008 | The Children of Huang Shi | [20] | |
| 2012 | Beyond Right and Wrong | Documentary film Co-directed with Lekha Singh |
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| 2014 | The Journey Home | Co-directed with Brando Quilici | |
| 2016 | A Street Cat Named Bob | ||
| 2021 | Either Side of Midnight |
As editor
As writer
| Year | Title | Notes |
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| 1982 | The Renegades | Episode "Pilot" |
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