English director Nicolas Roeg died two days ago, aged 90.
https://www.theguardian.com/film/201...ral-brilliance
Roeg entered the film industry at the bottom as the ladder, first a tea boy, then a clapper-loader, then a camera operator, then a cinematographer on a number of movies including
Lawrence of Arabia,
Fahrenheit 451 and
Far From the Madding Crowd. He eventually started his career as a director in the late 60s.
His first movie,
Performance, starring Mick Jagger, was initially X-Rated and poorly received, but with time became a cult film of sort. Later movies include Australia-located survival movie
Walkabout, horror movie
Don't Look Back with Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie, science fiction movie
The Man Who Fell to Earth starring David Bowie, psychological thriller
Bad Timing with Art Garfunkel and Harvey Keitel, Jim Henson's produced Roald Dahl's adaptation
The Witches with Angelica Huston, and a TV adaptation of
Heart of Darkness with Tim Roth and John Malkovitch.
Roeg's films are known for their visual mastery and complex storytelling, with a taste for deconstructed narrative, making him a major admitted influence on filmmakers like Steven Soderbergh or Christopher Nolan, among others.