1928 - 2018
Nicolas Jack Roeg (; 15 August 1928 – 23 November 2018) was an English film director and cinematographer, best known for directing Performance (1970), Walkabout (1971), Don't Look Now (1973), The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976), Bad Timing (1980) and The Witches (1990). 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. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nicolas Roeg has received more than 1,464,574 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Nicolas Roeg is the 470th most popular film director (down from 454th in 2019), the 1,788th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,768th in 2019) and the 34th most popular British Film Director.
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Among film directors, Nicolas Roeg ranks 470 out of 1,581. Before him are André Téchiné, Hiroshi Teshigahara, Paul W. S. Anderson, Roland Joffé, Umberto Lenzi, and Jacques Deray. After him are John Lasseter, Paweł Pawlikowski, Peter Stein, Dadasaheb Phalke, Marcel L'Herbier, and Gérard Oury.
1943 - Present
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 464
1927 - 2001
HPI: 54.05
Rank: 465
1965 - Present
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 466
1945 - Present
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 467
1931 - 2017
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 468
1929 - 2003
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 469
1928 - 2018
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 470
1957 - Present
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 471
1957 - Present
HPI: 53.92
Rank: 472
1937 - Present
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 473
1870 - 1944
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 474
1888 - 1979
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 475
1919 - 2006
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 476
Among people born in 1928, Nicolas Roeg ranks 183. Before him are Laurence Harvey, Sid Watkins, Victor Stănculescu, Paul Elvstrøm, Veljko Bulajić, and Eddie Fisher. After him are Leyla Gencer, Alan Sillitoe, Bella Darvi, Jack Tramiel, Nora Nova, and Ernest Simoni. Among people deceased in 2018, Nicolas Roeg ranks 125. Before him are Robert Morris, Avicii, Paul Andreu, Walter Mischel, Eduard Uspensky, and Joseph Joffo. After him are Dobri Dobrev, Yoshinobu Ishii, Luis García Meza, Rachid Taha, Irena Szewińska, and Đỗ Mười.
1928 - 1973
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 177
1928 - 2012
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 178
1928 - 2016
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 179
1928 - 2016
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 180
1928 - Present
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 181
1928 - 2010
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 182
1928 - 2018
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 183
1928 - 2008
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 184
1928 - 2010
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 185
1928 - 1971
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 186
1928 - 2012
HPI: 53.81
Rank: 187
1928 - 2022
HPI: 53.65
Rank: 188
1928 - Present
HPI: 53.61
Rank: 189
1931 - 2018
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 119
1989 - 2018
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 120
1938 - 2018
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 121
1930 - 2018
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 122
1937 - 2018
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 123
1931 - 2018
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 124
1928 - 2018
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 125
1914 - 2018
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 126
1939 - 2018
HPI: 53.92
Rank: 127
1929 - 2018
HPI: 53.92
Rank: 128
1958 - 2018
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 129
1946 - 2018
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 130
1917 - 2018
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 131
Among people born in United Kingdom, Nicolas Roeg ranks 1,788 out of 7,765. Before him are Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (1878), Andrew Wakefield (1957), FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan (1788), Luke Evans (1979), Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto (1751), and Arthur Rostron (1869). After him are James Boswell (1740), Oliver Lodge (1851), Bernard Williams (1929), Thomas Hicks (1876), Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton (1831), and Lilian Harvey (1906).
1878 - 1957
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 1,782
1957 - Present
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 1,783
1788 - 1855
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 1,784
1979 - Present
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 1,785
1751 - 1814
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 1,786
1869 - 1940
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 1,787
1928 - 2018
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 1,788
1740 - 1795
HPI: 53.98
Rank: 1,789
1851 - 1940
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 1,790
1929 - 2003
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 1,791
1876 - 1952
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 1,792
1831 - 1891
HPI: 53.96
Rank: 1,793
1906 - 1968
HPI: 53.96
Rank: 1,794
Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Nicolas Roeg ranks 34. Before him are Michael Anderson (1920), David Yates (1963), Mike Leigh (1943), J. Lee Thompson (1914), Paul W. S. Anderson (1965), and Roland Joffé (1945). After him are David Byrne (1952), Peter Yates (1929), John Badham (1939), Anthony Asquith (1902), Michael Powell (1905), and Paul Greengrass (1955).
1920 - 2018
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 28
1963 - Present
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 29
1943 - Present
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 30
1914 - 2002
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 31
1965 - Present
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 32
1945 - Present
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 33
1928 - 2018
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 34
1952 - Present
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 35
1929 - 2011
HPI: 53.24
Rank: 36
1939 - Present
HPI: 53.23
Rank: 37
1902 - 1968
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 38
1905 - 1990
HPI: 52.63
Rank: 39
1955 - Present
HPI: 52.11
Rank: 40