Roger Spottiswoode

Biography

Roger Spottiswoode (born January 5, 1945) is a Canadian-born film director and writer, who began his career as an editor in the 1970s. He was born in Ottawa, Ontario. He has directed a number of notable films and television productions, including Under Fire (1983) and the 1997 James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies starring Pierce Brosnan. Spottiswoode was one of the writing team responsible for 48 Hrs. starring Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte. In 2000, he directed the science fiction action thriller The 6th Day starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Directed

1. Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) — Director
2. The 6th Day (2000) — Director
3. A Street Cat Named Bob (2016) — Director
4. Turner & Hooch (1989) — Director
5. Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992) — Director
6. Air America (1990) — Director
7. Terror Train (1980) — Director
8. Shoot to Kill (1988) — Director
9. Under Fire (1983) — Director
10. The Children of Huang Shi (2008) — Director
11. The Best of Times (1986) — Director
12. And the Band Played On (1993) — Director
13. Midnight Sun (2014) — Director
14. The Beach House (2018) — Director
15. Shake Hands with the Devil (2007) — Director
16. Ripley Under Ground (2005) — Director
17. The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper (1981) — Director
18. The Matthew Shepard Story (2002) — Director
19. Spinning Boris (2003) — Director
20. Mesmer (1994) — Director
21. The Last Innocent Man (1987) — Director
22. Third Degree Burn (1989) — Director
23. Noriega: God's Favorite (2000) — Director
24. Ice Bound (2003) — Director
25. The Renegades (1982) — Director
26. Hiroshima (1995) — Director
27. Murder Live! (1997) — Director
28. Beyond Right & Wrong: Stories of Justice and Forgiveness (2012) — Director
29. Hiroshima (1995) — Director
30. Either Side of Midnight (2021) — Director
31. Time Flies When You're Alive (1989) — Director

Also appeared in

1. The Secrets of 007 (1997) — Self
2. Highly Classified: The World of 007 (1998) — Self