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{{Short description|Canadian-British film director}}
'''Roger Spottiswoode''' (born January 5, 1945) is a Canadian-born [[film director]] and writer, who began his career as an [[film editing|editor]] in the 1970s. He was born in [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]]. He has directed a number of notable films and [[television]] productions, including ''[[Under Fire (film)|Under Fire]]'' (1983) and the 1997 [[James Bond]] film ''[[Tomorrow Never Dies]]'' starring [[Pierce Brosnan]]. Spottiswoode was one 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]].
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| name = Roger Spottiswoode
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| birth_name = John Roger Spottiswoode
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1945|1|5}}
| birth_place = [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]], Canada<ref>[https://www.northernstars.ca/roger-spottiswoode/ Roger Spottiswoode's bio] at www.northernstars.ca</ref>
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| nationality = {{hlist|Canadian|British}}
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| occupation = [[Film director]]<br>[[Film editor]]<br>[[Screenwriter]]
| years_active =1966-present
| organization = [[Directors Guild of America]]<br>[[Directors Guild of Canada]]
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Holly Palance]]|1983|1997|reason=divorce}}
| children = 2
| parents =
| awards = * [[Gemini Award]]<br>
* [[Festival du Film Policier de Cognac|Festival du Film Policier de Cognac Special Jury Prize]]
* [[Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival|Cinéfest Sudbury Award for Best Canadian Film]]
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'''John Roger Spottiswoode'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dgc.ca/en/national/memberView?m=31713|title=Directors Guild of Canada|last=Spottiswoode|first=John Roger|website=dgc.ca}}</ref> (born 5 January 1945) is a Canadian-British director, editor and writer of [[film]] and [[Television program|television]].
==Pop culture==
Spottiswoode's name and role in directing action-movie ''[[Tomorrow Never Dies]]'' was parodied in the movie ''[[Team America: World Police]]'', which featured a dramatic character named "Spotswood".


==Selected filmography==
==Early life==
He was born in [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]], Canada, and was raised in Britain.<ref>[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/making-the-movies-hollywood-doesnt-want/article674151/ "Making the movies Hollywood doesn't want"] by Johanna Schneller at [[The Globe and Mail|www.theglobeandmail.com]]</ref> His father Raymond Spottiswoode was a British film theoretician<ref>[http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/criticism/criticism8.html "Criticism: The 1930s: theory and debate"] by Geoff Brown at [[screenonline|screenonline.org]]</ref> who worked at the [[National Film Board of Canada]] during the 1940s, directing short films such as ''[[Wings of a Continent]]''.
*''[[Straw Dogs]]'' (1971) &ndash; co-editor

*''[[Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid]]'' (1973) &ndash; editor
==Career==
*''[[Terror Train]]'' (1980) &ndash; director
In the 1960s, Spottiswoode entered the British film industry as a trainee editor where he apprenticed under editor [[John Bloom (film editor)|John Bloom]]. In the early 1970s Spottiswoode edited several films for [[Sam Peckinpah]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.terrortrap.com/interviews/rogerspottiswoode/|title=All Aboard...If You Dare!: An Interview with Roger Spottiswoode}}</ref>
*''[[The Pursuit of D. B. Cooper]]'' (1981) &ndash; director

*''[[48 Hrs.]]'' (1982) &ndash; co-writer
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''. <ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Diabolique|url=https://diaboliquemagazine.com/john-wick-with-spurs-a-look-at-walter-hills-unmade-the-last-gun/|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|title="John Wick with spurs" – A look at Walter Hill's Unmade The Last Gun|date=14 July 2020}}</ref>
*''[[Under Fire (film)|Under Fire]]'' (1983) &ndash; director

*''[[The Best of Times (film)|The Best of Times]]'' (1986) &ndash; director
Spottiswoode turned to directing in the early 1980s and has since directed a number of notable films and [[television]] productions, including ''[[Under Fire (1983 film)|Under Fire]]'' (1983)<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1983/10/21/movies/screen-under-fire.html "Screen: 'Under Fire'"] by Vincent Canby at [[The New York Times|www.nytimes.com]]</ref> and the 1997 [[James Bond]] film ''[[Tomorrow Never Dies]]'' starring [[Pierce Brosnan]].<ref>[https://variety.com/1997/film/reviews/tomorrow-never-dies-1117339901/ Tomorrow Never Dies Review] by Todd McCarthy at [[Variety (magazine)|variety.com]]</ref> Spottiswoode was a member of the writing team responsible for ''[[48 Hrs.]]'' starring [[Eddie Murphy]] and [[Nick Nolte]].<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1982/12/08/movies/nick-nolte-and-eddie-murphy-in-48-hours.html "Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy in '48 HOURS'"] by Janet Maslin at [[The New York Times|www.nytimes.com]]</ref> In 2000, he directed the science fiction action thriller ''[[The 6th Day]]'' starring [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]].<ref>[https://variety.com/2000/film/reviews/the-6th-day-1200465541/ The 6th Day Review] by Todd McCarthy at [[Variety (magazine)|variety.com]]</ref>
*''[[Shoot to Kill (film)|Shoot to Kill]]'' (1988) &ndash; director

*''[[Turner & Hooch]]'' (1989) &ndash; director
==Filmography==
*''[[Air America (film)| Air America]]'' (1990) &ndash; director
===Film===
*''[[Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot]]'' (1992) &ndash; director
{| class="wikitable sortable"
*''[[And the Band Played On (film)|And the Band Played On]]'' (1993) &ndash; director
|-
*''[[Mesmer (film)|Mesmer]]'' (1994) &ndash; director
! Year
*''[[Hiroshima (film)|Hiroshima]]'' (1995) &ndash; co-director
! Title
*''[[Tomorrow Never Dies]]'' (1997) &ndash; director
! class="unsortable" | Notes
*''[[The 6th Day]]'' (2000) &ndash; director
! class="unsortable" | Refs
*''[[Spinning Boris]]'' (2003) &ndash; director
|-
*''[[Ripley_Under_Ground_(film)|Ripley Under Ground]]'' (2005) &ndash; director
| 1980
*''[[Shake Hands with the Devil (2007 film)|Shake Hands with the Devil]]'' (2007) &ndash; director
| ''[[Terror Train]]''
*''[[The Children of Huang Shi]]'' (2007) &ndash; director
|
|<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1980/10/03/archives/spottiswoodes-terror-train.html "Spottiswoode's 'Terror Train'"] by John Corry (original context from October 3, 1980, Section C, Page 10) at [[The New York Times|www.nytimes.com]]</ref>
|-
| 1981
| data-sort-value="Pursuit of D. B. Cooper, The" | ''[[The Pursuit of D. B. Cooper]]''
|Replaced director [[Buzz Kulik]]<ref>[https://variety.com/1980/film/reviews/the-pursuit-of-d-b-cooper-1200424826/ The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper Review] - "Begun by director John Frankenheimer, continued by director Buzz Kulik and finally finished by Spottiswoode" at [[Variety (magazine)|variety.com]]</ref>
|
|-
| 1983
| ''[[Under Fire (1983 film)|Under Fire]]''
|
|
|-
| 1986
| data-sort-value="Best of Times, The" |''[[The Best of Times (1986 film)|The Best of Times]]''
|
| <ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1986/01/31/movies/film-best-of-times-football-story.html "Film: 'Best of Times,' Football Story"] by Walter Goodman (original context from January 31, 1986, Section C, Page 20) at [[The New York Times|www.nytimes.com]]</ref>
|-
| 1988
| ''[[Shoot to Kill (1988 film)|Shoot to Kill]]''
|
| <ref>[https://variety.com/1987/film/reviews/shoot-to-kill-1200427464/ Shoot to Kill review] at [[Variety (magazine)|variety.com]]</ref>
|-
| 1989
| ''[[Turner & Hooch]]''
|
|
|-
| 1990
| ''[[Air America (film)|Air America]]''
|
| <ref>[https://variety.com/1989/film/reviews/air-america-1200428504/ Air America review] at [[Variety (magazine)|variety.com]]</ref>
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot]]''
|
| <ref>[https://variety.com/1991/film/reviews/stop-or-my-mom-will-shoot-1200429236/ Stop! or My Mom Will Shoot review] at [[Variety (magazine)|variety.com]]</ref>
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Mesmer (film)|Mesmer]]''
|
| <ref>[https://variety.com/1994/film/reviews/mesmer-2-1200438645/ Mesmer review] by Leonard Klady at [[Variety (magazine)|variety.com]]</ref>
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Tomorrow Never Dies]]''
|
|
|-
| 2000
| data-sort-value="6th Day, The" |''[[The 6th Day]]''
|
|
|-
| 2003
| ''[[Spinning Boris]]''
|
| <ref>[https://variety.com/2003/film/markets-festivals/spinning-boris-1200538359/ Spinning Boris review] by David Rooney at [[Variety (magazine)|variety.com]]</ref>
|-
| 2005
| ''[[Ripley Under Ground (film)|Ripley Under Ground]]''
|
|
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Shake Hands with the Devil (2007 film)|Shake Hands with the Devil]]''
|
| <ref>[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/shake-hands-devil-158989/ Shake Hands With the Devil Review] at [[The Hollywood Reporter|www.hollywoodreporter.com]]</ref>
|-
| 2008
|data-sort-value="Children of Huang Shi, The" |''[[The Children of Huang Shi]]''
|
| <ref>[https://playbackonline.ca/2008/06/09/nanjing-20080609/ "Spottiswoode’s Nanjing drama surfaces"] by Etan Vlessing at [[Playback (magazine)|playbackonline.ca]]</ref>
|-
| 2012
| ''[[Beyond Right and Wrong]]''
| [[Documentary film]]<br>Co-directed with Lekha Singh
|
|-
| 2014
|data-sort-value="Journey Home, The" |''[[The Journey Home (film)|The Journey Home]]''
| Co-directed with [[Brando Quilici]]
|
|-
| 2016
|data-sort-value="Street Cat Named Bob, A" |''[[A Street Cat Named Bob (film)|A Street Cat Named Bob]]''
|
|
|-
| 2021
| ''Either Side of Midnight''
|
|
|}

'''As editor'''
* ''[[Straw Dogs (1971 film)|Straw Dogs]]'' (1971)
* ''[[Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid]]'' (1973)
* ''[[The Gambler (1974 film)|The Gambler]]'' (1974)
* ''[[Hard Times (1975 film)|Hard Times]]'' (1975)

'''As writer'''
* ''[[48 Hrs.]]'' (1982)

===Television===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#b0c4de; text-align:center;"
! Year
! Title
! Notes
|-
|1982
|''[[The Renegades (TV series)|The Renegades]]''
| Episode "Pilot"
|-
|}

'''TV movies'''
* ''[[The Last Innocent Man]]'' (1987)
* ''[[Third Degree Burn]]'' (1989)
* ''[[And the Band Played On (film)|And the Band Played On]]'' (1993)
* ''[[Hiroshima (1995 film)|Hiroshima]]'' (1995)
* ''[[Murder Live!]]'' (1997)
* ''[[Noriega: God's Favorite]]'' (2000)
* ''[[The Matthew Shepard Story]]'' (2002)
* ''[[Ice Bound: A Woman's Survival at the South Pole]]'' (2003)
* ''[[The Beach House (2018 film)|The Beach House]]'' (2018)

== Awards and nominations ==

'''Won'''
* 1982: [[Festival du Film Policier de Cognac|Festival du Film Policier de Cognac Special Jury Prize]]: ''[[The Pursuit of D. B. Cooper]]''
* 1993: [[Montreal World Film Festival|Montreal World Film Festival Special Grand Jury Prize]]: ''[[And the Band Played On (film)|And the Band Played On]]''<ref>[https://variety.com/1993/film/markets-festivals/trahir-tops-montreal-110298/ "‘Trahir’ tops Montreal"] by Brendan Kelly at [[Variety (magazine)|variety.com]]</ref>
* 1995: [[Gemini Awards|Gemini Award for Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series]]: ''[[Hiroshima (1995 film)|Hiroshima]]''
* 2003: [[Hamptons International Film Festival|Hamptons International Film Festival Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature]]: ''[[Spinning Boris]]''<ref>[https://variety.com/2003/scene/markets-festivals/fest-s-big-screen-1117894690/ "Fest’s big ‘Screen’"] by David Rooney at [[Variety (magazine)|variety.com]]</ref>
* 2007: [[Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival|Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival Audience Award]]: ''[[Shake Hands with the Devil (2007 film)|Shake Hands with the Devil]]''
* 2007: [[Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival|Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Film]]: ''[[Shake Hands with the Devil (2007 film)|Shake Hands with the Devil]]''
* 2008: [[Beverly Hills Film Festival|Beverly Hills Film Festival Jury Award]]: ''[[Shake Hands with the Devil (2007 film)|Shake Hands with the Devil]]''

'''Nominated'''
* 1983: [[Edgar Award|Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture]]: ''[[48 Hrs.]]'' - with [[Walter Hill (director)|Walter Hill]], [[Larry Gross]], [[Steven E. de Souza]]
* 1988: [[CableACE Award|CableACE Award for Directing a Movie or Miniseries]]: ''[[The Last Innocent Man]]''
* 1988: [[NAACP Image Awards|NAACP Image Award for Best Motion Picture]]: ''[[Shoot to Kill (1988 film)|Shoot to Kill]]''
* 1994: [[Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Miniseries or TV Film]]: ''[[And the Band Played On (film)|And the Band Played On]]''
* 1994: [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special]]: ''[[And the Band Played On (film)|And the Band Played On]]''
* 1995: [[CableACE Award|CableACE Award for Directing a Movie or Miniseries]]: ''[[And the Band Played On (film)|And the Band Played On]]''
* 2008: [[Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Achievement in Direction|Genie Award for Best Achievement in Direction]]<ref>[https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2008/01/28/2008_genie_nominees.html 2008 Genie Nominees] at [[Toronto Star|www.thestar.com]]</ref>

==References==
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*[http://www.northernstars.ca/directorsmz/spottiswoode_roger.html Roger Spottiswoode] at Northernstars.ca
* [https://www.northernstars.ca/spottiswoode_roger/ Roger Spottiswoode] at Northernstars.ca


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Latest revision as of 10:45, 23 October 2024

Roger Spottiswoode
Born
John Roger Spottiswoode

(1945-01-05) 5 January 1945 (age 79)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada[1]
Nationality
  • Canadian
  • British
Occupation(s)Film director
Film editor
Screenwriter
Years active1966-present
Organization(s)Directors Guild of America
Directors Guild of Canada
Spouse
​
​
(m. 1983; div. 1997)​
Children2
Awards

John Roger Spottiswoode[2] (born 5 January 1945) is a Canadian-British director, editor and writer of film and television.

Early life

[edit]

He was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and was raised in Britain.[3] His father Raymond Spottiswoode was a British film theoretician[4] who worked at the National Film Board of Canada during the 1940s, directing short films such as Wings of a Continent.

Career

[edit]

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.[5]

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. [6]

Spottiswoode turned to directing in the early 1980s and has since directed a number of notable films and television productions, including Under Fire (1983)[7] and the 1997 James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies starring Pierce Brosnan.[8] Spottiswoode was a member of the writing team responsible for 48 Hrs. starring Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte.[9] In 2000, he directed the science fiction action thriller The 6th Day starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.[10]

Filmography

[edit]

Film

[edit]
Year Title Notes Refs
1980 Terror Train [11]
1981 The Pursuit of D. B. Cooper Replaced director Buzz Kulik[12]
1983 Under Fire
1986 The Best of Times [13]
1988 Shoot to Kill [14]
1989 Turner & Hooch
1990 Air America [15]
1992 Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot [16]
1994 Mesmer [17]
1997 Tomorrow Never Dies
2000 The 6th Day
2003 Spinning Boris [18]
2005 Ripley Under Ground
2007 Shake Hands with the Devil [19]
2008 The Children of Huang Shi [20]
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

As editor

As writer

Television

[edit]
Year Title Notes
1982 The Renegades Episode "Pilot"

TV movies

Awards and nominations

[edit]

Won

Nominated

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Roger Spottiswoode's bio at www.northernstars.ca
  2. ^ Spottiswoode, John Roger. "Directors Guild of Canada". dgc.ca.
  3. ^ "Making the movies Hollywood doesn't want" by Johanna Schneller at www.theglobeandmail.com
  4. ^ "Criticism: The 1930s: theory and debate" by Geoff Brown at screenonline.org
  5. ^ "All Aboard...If You Dare!: An Interview with Roger Spottiswoode".
  6. ^ Vagg, Stephen (14 July 2020). ""John Wick with spurs" – A look at Walter Hill's Unmade The Last Gun". Diabolique.
  7. ^ "Screen: 'Under Fire'" by Vincent Canby at www.nytimes.com
  8. ^ Tomorrow Never Dies Review by Todd McCarthy at variety.com
  9. ^ "Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy in '48 HOURS'" by Janet Maslin at www.nytimes.com
  10. ^ The 6th Day Review by Todd McCarthy at variety.com
  11. ^ "Spottiswoode's 'Terror Train'" by John Corry (original context from October 3, 1980, Section C, Page 10) at www.nytimes.com
  12. ^ The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper Review - "Begun by director John Frankenheimer, continued by director Buzz Kulik and finally finished by Spottiswoode" at variety.com
  13. ^ "Film: 'Best of Times,' Football Story" by Walter Goodman (original context from January 31, 1986, Section C, Page 20) at www.nytimes.com
  14. ^ Shoot to Kill review at variety.com
  15. ^ Air America review at variety.com
  16. ^ Stop! or My Mom Will Shoot review at variety.com
  17. ^ Mesmer review by Leonard Klady at variety.com
  18. ^ Spinning Boris review by David Rooney at variety.com
  19. ^ Shake Hands With the Devil Review at www.hollywoodreporter.com
  20. ^ "Spottiswoode’s Nanjing drama surfaces" by Etan Vlessing at playbackonline.ca
  21. ^ "‘Trahir’ tops Montreal" by Brendan Kelly at variety.com
  22. ^ "Fest’s big ‘Screen’" by David Rooney at variety.com
  23. ^ 2008 Genie Nominees at www.thestar.com
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