Roger Spottiswoode

Roger Spottiswoode (born January 5, 1945 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian-born film director and writer, who began his career as an editor in the 1970s. He has directed a number of notable films and television productions, including 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 sci-fi action thriller The 6th Day starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Selected filmography

• Terror Train (1980) – director
• The Pursuit of D. B. Cooper (1981) – director
• 48 Hrs. (1982) – co-writer
• Under Fire (1983) – director
• The Best of Times (1986) – director
• Shoot to Kill (1988) – director
• Turner & Hooch (1989) – director
• Air America (1990) – director
• Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992) – director
• Mesmer (1994) – director
• Hiroshima (1995) – co-director
• Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) – director
• The 6th Day (2000) – director
• Spinning Boris (2003) – director
• Ripley Under Ground (2005) – director
• Shake Hands with the Devil (2007) – director
• The Children of Huang Shi (2007) – director

External links

• Roger Spottiswoode at the Internet Movie Database

Preceded by Martin Campbell 1995

James Bond film director 1997

Succeeded by Michael Apted 1999

v • d • e James Bond movies crew Official films (EON Productions) Directors Terence Young · Guy Hamilton · Lewis Gilbert · Peter R. Hunt · John Glen · Martin Campbell · Roger Spottiswoode · Michael Apted · Lee Tamahori · Marc Forster Producers Harry Saltzman · Albert R. Broccoli · Michael G. Wilson · Barbara Broccoli Title sequence designers Maurice Binder · Robert Brownjohn  · Daniel Kleinman Others Ken Adam · Bob Simmons · Syd Cain · John Stears · Peter Lamont · Vic Armstrong · Chris Corbould Non-EON films Directors William H. Brown, Jr. · Ken Hughes · John Huston · Joseph McGrath · Robert Parrish · Val Guest · Irvin Kershner Producers Bretaigne Windhurst · Charles K. Feldman · Jerry Bresler · John Dark · Kevin McClory · Michael Dryhurst · Jack Schwartzman

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