Nicolas Roeg
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English film director and cinematographer
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Nicolas Jack Roeg was an English film director and cinematographer, best known for directing Performance , Walkabout , Don't Look Now , The Man Who Fell to Earth , Bad Timing and The Witches . Making his directorial debut 23 years after his entry into the film business, Roeg quickly became known for an idiosyncratic visual and narrative style, characterised by the use of disjointed and disorienting editing. For this reason, he is considered a highly influential filmmaker, cited as an inspiration by such directors as Steven Soderbergh, Christopher Nolan and Danny Boyle.