FILM DIRECTOR

Nicolas Roeg

1928 - 2018

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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 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Nicolas Roeg is the 591st most popular film director (down from 469th in 2019), the 2,203rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,783rd in 2019) and the 45th most popular British Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Nicolas Roegs by language

Over the past year Nicolas Roeg has had the most page views in the with 175,665 views, followed by German (11,787), and Italian (9,873). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Malagasy (126.70%), Galician (91.16%), and Simple English (62.85%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Nicolas Roeg ranks 591 out of 2,041. Before him are Bernd Eichinger, Ferzan Özpetek, Fatih Akin, Asghar Farhadi, Norman Taurog, and Norman McLaren. After him are Jerome Robbins, Ann Hui, Avi Arad, Yakov Protazanov, Robert Rodriguez, and Grigory Chukhray.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Nicolas Roeg ranks 247. Before him are Pierre Étaix, Vincent Gigante, Orson Bean, Hans Herrmann, Abdellatif Filali, and Steingrímur Hermannsson. After him are Yevgeny Svetlanov, Alan Sillitoe, Nils Christie, Alexander Gomelsky, Annie Cordy, and Anthony Franciosa. Among people deceased in 2018, Nicolas Roeg ranks 170. Before him are Roger Bannister, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, Avicii, Serge Dassault, Antonio Valentín Angelillo, and Lewis Gilbert. After him are Karl Lehmann, Kim Larsen, Joseph Joffo, Serhiy Tkach, Kirin Kiki, and Michael Halliday.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Nicolas Roeg ranks 2,203 out of 8,785. Before him are Caroline Graham (1931), Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1874), Norman McLaren (1914), Mary Bell (1957), John Kemp Starley (1854), and Timothy Garton Ash (1955). After him are Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836), Joseph Lancaster (1778), Humphrey Gilbert (1539), Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia (1924), Michael Jackson (1942), and Thor Vilhjálmsson (1925).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Nicolas Roeg ranks 45. Before him are David Byrne (1952), Chris Menges (1940), Anthony Asquith (1902), Lewis Gilbert (1920), Michael Powell (1905), and Norman McLaren (1914). After him are John Glen (1932), Andrew Birkin (1945), John Madden (1949), Paul Greengrass (1955), Robert Stevenson (1905), and Terence Davies (1945).

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Filmography

Fahrenheit 451
Director
In the future, the government maintains control of public opinion by outlawing literature and maintaining a group of enforcers, known as “firemen,” to perform the necessary book burnings. Fireman Montag begins to question the morality of his vocation…
Sep 7o 19667.1 / 10
Casino Royale
Director
Sir James Bond is called back out of retirement to stop SMERSH. In order to trick SMERSH, James thinks up the ultimate plan - that every agent will be named 'James Bond'. One of the Bonds, whose real name is Evelyn Tremble is sent to take on Le Chiffre in a game of baccarat, but all the Bonds get more than they can handle.
Apr 13o 19675.3 / 10
Walkabout
Director
Under the pretense of having a picnic, a geologist takes his teenage daughter and 6-year-old son into the Australian outback and attempts to shoot them. When he fails, he turns the gun on himself, and the two city-bred children must contend with harsh wilderness alone. They are saved by a chance encounter with an Aboriginal boy who shows them how to survive, and in the process underscores the disharmony between nature and modern life.
Jul 1o 19717.301 / 10