John Roger Spottiswoode (born 5 January 1945) is a Canadian-British director, editor and writer of film and television.
Early life Spottiswoode 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 short films such as Wings of a Continent.
Career 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.
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.
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.
Filmography Film YearTitleCredited asNotesRefs.DirectorEditor1971Straw Dogs 1973Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid 1974The Gambler 1975Hard Times 1980 Terror Train 1981 The Pursuit of D. B. Cooper Replaced director Buzz Kulik198248 Hrs. Writer only; co-written with Walter Hill, Larry Gross & Steven E. de Souza 1983 Under Fire 1986 The Best of Times 1988 Shoot to Kill 1989 Turner & Hooch 1990 Air America 1992 Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot 1994 Mesmer 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 Documentary film;Co-directed with Lekha Singh 2014 The Journey Home Co-directed with Brando Quilici 2016 A Street Cat Named Bob 2021 Either Side of Midnight
TV movies Year Title Notes 1982 The Renegades TV movie pilot1987Third Degree Burn1989And the Band Played On1995Hiroshima1997Murder Live!2000Noriega: God's Favorite2002The Matthew Shepard Story2003Spinning Boris2003Ice Bound: A Woman's Survival at the South Pole2018The Beach House
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominee Result Notes Ref.1982Festival du Film Policier de CognacSpecial Jury PrizeThe Pursuit of D. B. Cooper1983Edgar AwardBest Motion Picture48 Hrs.with Walter Hill, Larry Gross, and Steven E. de Souza1988CableACE AwardDirecting, Movie or MiniseriesThe Last Innocent Man NAACP Image AwardsBest Motion PictureShoot to Kill1993Montreal World Film FestivalSpecial Grand Jury PrizeAnd the Band Played On1994Directors Guild of America AwardsOutstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Limited SeriesPrimetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie1995CableACE AwardDirecting, Movie or MiniseriesGemini AwardsBest Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-SeriesHiroshima2003Hamptons International Film FestivalAudience Award for Best Narrative FeatureSpinning Boris2007Cinéfest Sudbury International Film FestivalAudience AwardShake Hands with the DevilBest Canadian Film2008Beverly Hills Film FestivalJury AwardGenie AwardsBest Achievement in DirectionRoger Spottiswoode
References
External links
Roger Spottiswoode at Northernstars.ca via Wayback Machine