Roger Spottiswoode

Born: 5th January 1945
Where: Ontario, Canada

Son of Raymond Spottiswoode, an ex-producer and technical planning officer with the National Film Board of Canada, Roger was raised in Britain.

Whilst in the UK, he served as an editing trainee on Georgy Girl, then worked as a TV and documentary editor until he edited three Sam Peckinpah films in the early 70s, Straw Dogs, The Getaway, and Pat Garrett.

He continued editing other features, as well as associate producing, until he made his directorial debut in 1980, with Terror Train, a slasher movie featuring Jamie Lee Curtis.

For his second effort, The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper, he began an association with screenwriter Ron Shelton that would span three films.

As a director, Roger came into his own with the 1983 political thriller Under Fire. The film earned him international recognition, and since then he has made varied films, ranging from Shoot to Kill, to Stop or My Mom Will Shoot.

Roger also directed his share of TV-movies, and developed into a competent Hollywood director, with films like Turner and Hooch and Air America.

He was at the helm of another instalment of the popular James Bond series, Tomorrow Never Dies, before he directed the Arnold Schwarzenegger sci-fi thriller The 6th Day.