Nicolas Roeg

in conversation with Allan Shiach, 29 April 2008

Nicolas Roeg is one of the UK's most celebrated post-war directors, whose credits include Performance (1970), Walkabout (1971), Don't Look Now (1973), The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) and Bad Timing (1980) featuring his former wife Theresa Russell, Harvey Keitel and Art Garfunkel. His over 20 movies include the Roald Dahl adaptation, The Witches (1990), and his latest film Puffball (2007) stars Donald Sutherland and Miranda Richardson. In this unique Director's Cut event, Nicholas Roeg will be talking with Allan Shiach, who under the pen name of Allan Scott wrote the screenplays for four of Roeg's films.

Resources

• Nicolas Roeg on BBC Radio Movie Café interviewed by Janice Forsyth (3 April 2008)
• Nicolas Roeg Biography
• Clip from Walkabout (1971)
• Trailer for Bad Timing (1980)
• Donald Sutherland interviewed about Don't Look Now (1973)
• Clip from The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)
• Trailer for Performance (1970) starring Mick Jagger
• Nicolas Roeg: Permutations without Profundity, article by Chuck Kleinhans
• Book, Nicolas Roeg: Film by Film, by Scott Salwolke (1994)