nicolas roeg celebrated director of dont look now dies aged 90
Last Updated : GMT 09:07:40
Egypt Today, egypt today
Egypt Today, egypt today
Last Updated : GMT 09:07:40
Egypt Today, egypt today

Nicolas Roeg, celebrated director of 'Don't Look Now,' dies aged 90

Egypt Today, egypt today

Egypt Today, egypt today Nicolas Roeg, celebrated director of 'Don't Look Now,' dies aged 90

Nicolas Roeg
London - DPA

Nicolas Roeg, the acclaimed filmmaker whose cult movies starred the likes of Mick Jagger and David Bowie, has died aged 90, according to media reports.

Roeg's family confirmed his death to the PA news agency on Saturday, with son Nicolas Roeg Junior remembering his father as "a genuine dad."

The British director's best-known film, the 1973 thriller "Don't Look Now," starred Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie as parents mourning the loss of their daughter.

The couple's graphic sex scene became the focus of debate for years to come, with many speculating that the actors were having intercourse on camera.

The British Film Institute late Saturday described Roeg as "a true great if ever there was one."

"A pioneering force of cinema who created some of the most affecting moments of beauty, terror and sadness ever seen," the institute added on Twitter.

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), which presented the director with an Outstanding Creative Contribution to Cinema award in 2009, said its members were "deeply saddened" by Roeg's death.

Director Duncan Jones, the son of David Bowie, paid tribute to Roeg on Twitter: "Just heard another great storyteller, the inimitable Nicolas Roeg left us today. What an incredible body of work he's left us with!"

Bowie, who died in 2016, worked with Roeg on "The Man Who Fell to Earth," in which the singer starred as an alien who has come to Earth in search of water to save his home planet.

US comedian and actress Sandra Bernhard, who was directed by Roeg in the 1988 film "Track 29" and whose 1990 musical "Without You I'm Nothing" he produced, said it was an "honor to work with" him.

"A brilliant original whose canon is impeccable... never another like him," Bernhard tweeted.

Academy Award-winning director Guillermo del Toro was among those who paid tribute to Roeg at the awarding of his 2009 BAFTA.

Following the filmmaker's death, del Toro praised him for breaking "fresh ground" in cinematography and for his "infinite talent and multiple achievements."

egypttoday
egypttoday

Name *

E-mail *

Comment Title*

Comment *

: Characters Left

Mandatory *

Terms of use

Publishing Terms: Not to offend the author, or to persons or sanctities or attacking religions or divine self. And stay away from sectarian and racial incitement and insults.

I agree with the Terms of Use

Security Code*

nicolas roeg celebrated director of dont look now dies aged 90 nicolas roeg celebrated director of dont look now dies aged 90



GMT 12:56 2017 Saturday ,16 September

Fierce battles hit northern parts of Yemen

GMT 01:25 2011 Wednesday ,28 September

Home prices up month-to-month

GMT 10:25 2017 Thursday ,06 April

Top Hospitals for Congenital Heart Disease

GMT 14:40 2016 Wednesday ,06 July

SDF finances 19 projects worth SR2.4bn in 2015

GMT 07:24 2017 Monday ,09 October

HRH Premier thanked by health minister

GMT 12:26 2011 Sunday ,13 November

Zamalek 100: Memorable triumphs

GMT 17:05 2017 Wednesday ,29 November

Greenpeace sounds alarm on nuclear safety

GMT 18:02 2017 Tuesday ,14 March

Northeastern US states hit by huge snowstorms

GMT 11:21 2017 Friday ,24 November

Boston streak ends, Westbrook shines as Thunder roll

GMT 12:36 2017 Monday ,04 September

Aikou underlines importance of Sisi’s visit

GMT 03:35 2017 Tuesday ,21 February

Waste fears as Afghan soldiers cash in on spent ammo

GMT 06:51 2016 Saturday ,28 May

Iran ends hajj talks in Saudi

GMT 13:32 2018 Sunday ,25 November

Khalid bin Ali Al Khalifa announces election results

GMT 12:58 2018 Sunday ,25 November

El-Sisi to inaugurate Cairo ICT 2018 on Sunday

GMT 09:10 2018 Thursday ,22 November

AIIB Jin Liqun praises Suez Canal projects

GMT 07:34 2018 Thursday ,15 November

Avenatti denies domestic violence charge

GMT 06:14 2016 Sunday ,04 December

UAE participates in 2016 Rome Mediterranean Dialogues

GMT 19:49 2017 Thursday ,09 March

Russia, US, Turkey military chiefs meet on Syria

GMT 09:31 2018 Wednesday ,19 September

Boutros Rahi Meets French President's Envoy

GMT 13:26 2018 Friday ,07 September

Airlines start pre-emptive hedging over 2020 deadline

GMT 10:09 2017 Wednesday ,22 March

Coalition gathers to hear Trump Islamic State plan

GMT 12:56 2017 Monday ,17 July

Antiquities ministry starts
 
 Egypt Today Facebook,egypt today facebook  Egypt Today Twitter,egypt today twitter Egypt Today Rss,egypt today rss  Egypt Today Youtube,egypt today youtube  Egypt Today Youtube,egypt today youtube

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©

egypttoday egypttoday egypttoday egypttoday
egypttoday egypttoday egypttoday
egypttoday
بناية النخيل - رأس النبع _ خلف السفارة الفرنسية _بيروت - لبنان
egypttoday, Egypttoday, Egypttoday