Roger Spottiswoode

Birthday: Jan 5, 1945

Bio: Filmmaker Roger Spottiswoode is a highly competent director of mainstream films. The Canadian-born son of Raymond Spottiswoode, an ex-producer and technical planning officer with the National Film Board of Canada, young Spottiswoode was raised in Britain where he worked as a TV and documentary editor until he edited three Sam Peckinpah films Straw Dogs (1971), The… More Bio: Filmmaker Roger Spottiswoode is a highly competent director of mainstream films. The Canadian-born son of Raymond Spottiswoode, an ex-producer and technical planning officer with the National Film Board of Canada, young Spottiswoode was raised in Britain where he worked as a TV and documentary editor until he edited three Sam Peckinpah films Straw Dogs (1971), The Getaway (1972), and Pat Garrett (1973). He continued editing other features and did television work until 1980 when he made his directorial debut with Terror Train, a typical slasher movie featuring Jamie Lee Curtis. In 1981, he was one of three directors to work on The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper, and in 1982 he co-wrote 48 Hrs. As a director, Spottiswoode came into his own with the 1983 political thriller Under Fire, which is one of the few films he was involved with from start to finish. The film earned him international recognition. Since then his career has been rather spotty with films ranging from good (Shoot to Kill [1988]) to awful (Stop or My Mom Will Shoot [1992]). Much of the problem seems to be that Spottiswoode has become a hired gun for the studios who often have him take over productions already begun, as in Air America (1990), or make him work with weak scripts, as in Turner and Hooch (1989). ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

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Shoot to Kill (Deadly Pursuit)

And the Band Played On

48 HRS

Under Fire

Filmography

The Children of Huang Shi (2008)
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- 30%
Shake Hands with the Devil (2007)
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- 55%
J'ai serre la main du diable (2007)
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Brothers of the Head (2006)
- Concert Vox Pops
- 68%
Ripley Under Ground (2005)
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White on White (2004)
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Spinning Boris (2003)
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Ice Bound: A Woman's Survival at the South Pole (2003)
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The Matthew Shepard Story (2002)
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Spinning Boris (2002)
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The 6th Day (2000)
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- 41%
Noriega: God's Favorite (2000)
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- 60%
Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
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- 57%
Murder Live! (1997)
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Hiroshima (1995)
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Mesmer (1994)
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And the Band Played On (1993)
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- 100%
Stop! or My Mom Will Shoot (1992)
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- 4%
Air America (1990)
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- 13%
Time Flies When You're Alive (1990)
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Turner and Hooch (1989)
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- 62%
3rd Degree Burn (1989)
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Shoot to Kill (Deadly Pursuit) (1988)
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- 100%
The Last Innocent Man (1987)
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The Best of Times (1986)
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- 33%
Under Fire (1983)
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- 88%
48 HRS (1982)
- Screenwriter
- 95%
Pursuit of D.B. Cooper (1981)
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Terror Train (1980)
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- 36%
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Roger Spottiswoode Videos
                        
Brothers Of The Head2 minutes 13 seconds

Tomorrow Never Dies2 minutes 23 seconds

Stop, Or My Mom Will Shoot2 minutes 21 seconds

Mesmer2 minutes 40 seconds

Shake Hands With The Devil2 minutes 2 seconds

The Children Of Huang Shi2 minutes 49 seconds

Spinning Boris2 minutes 50 seconds

The 6th Day1 minutes 25 seconds

Hiroshima1 minutes 8 seconds

And The Band Played On1 minutes 21 seconds

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