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Nicolas Roeg

English film director and cinematographer (1928–2018)

4.83body-of-work score · ranked #227 of 2631 directors · 6 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
August 15, 1928 · St John's Wood
Died
November 23, 2018 · London
Nationality
United Kingdom
Work
film director, cinematographer, television director, film screenwriter
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Nicolas Roeg
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Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

  1. 1
    Don't Look NowMust-See #362

    1973 · United Kingdom / Italy · horror, drama

    Sight & Sound 2022 directors' poll #46 · BFI Top 100 British films #8 · Sight & Sound 2022 critics' poll #114

    2.067 citations
  2. 2
    Bad Timing

    1980 · United Kingdom · thriller, romance, drama

    TIFF People's Choice winner 1980 · Criterion Collection spine #303

    0.912 citations
  3. 3
    Performance

    1970 · United Kingdom · crime, drama

    BFI Top 100 British films #48 · Empire 500 (2008) #182 · Criterion Collection spine #1252

    0.855 citations
  4. 4
    Walkabout

    1971 · United Kingdom / Australia · adventure, drama

    NYT Best 1,000 Movies · Criterion Collection spine #10 · Roger Ebert's Great Movies

    0.685 citations
  5. 5
    The Man Who Fell to Earth

    1976 · United Kingdom · sci-fi, drama

    Criterion Collection spine #304

    0.161 citation
  6. 6
    Insignificance

    1985 · United Kingdom / Australia · comedy, drama

    Criterion Collection spine #566

    0.161 citation

Complete filmography

All 19 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.