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Director, Screenwriter, Cinematographer Born: August 15, 1928 in London, England, UK Biography:London-born "Nicolas Roeg" served in the military as a projectionist, and entered the movie industry immediately after World War II as a gofer and apprentice editor. He joined MGM's British studios in 1950, and eventually became a cinematographer in 1959, working on a multitude of films of all types, from second unit work on "Lawrence of Arabia" (1962) to primary photography on the rock & roll exploitation films Just for Fun (1963), Every Day's a Holiday (1965), and "The System" (1966). He moved into the director's chair with "Performance" (1970), which he co-directed with Donald Cammell, and made a major impression with the low-keyed, eerily compelling drama "Walkabout" (1971). By the mid-'70s, Roeg was one of England's most respected filmmakers, responsible for the unsettling thriller "Don't Look Now" (1973), and the sci-fi drama The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976). With the possible exception... Full Biography
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