- Born
- DiedSeptember 22, 2021 (heart attack)
- Birth nameRoger Harry Michell
- Roger Michell was born on June 5, 1956 in Pretoria, South Africa. He was a director and writer, known for Notting Hill (1999), Venus (2006) and Enduring Love (2004). He was married to Anna Maxwell Martin and Kate Buffery. He died on September 22, 2021.
- SpousesAnna Maxwell Martin(2010 - September 22, 2021) (his death, 2 children)Kate Buffery(1992 - 2002) (divorced, 2 children)
- Children
- ParentsHarry Denis MichellJillian Green
- Born in South Africa, raised in Syria and Czechoslovakia. Currently resides in England.
- Was set to direct Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001) but had to withdraw because of a heart attack.
- Son of a diplomat.
- Has a daughter, born 2009, with his partner Anna Maxwell Martin.
- Directed Peter O'Toole in an Oscar-nominated performance in Venus (2006).
- Your job as a director is to serve the story. I don't think it's the job of a director in any medium to wave at the audience and say, hey, don't forget about me, I did an important thing here as well! You should make the play shine and make the actors shine. You should be invisible.
- I did give up directing the Bond film. And it wasn't quite $8 million but it was a lot of money. It was because in the end I didn't feel comfortable with the Bond process, and I was very nervous that there was a start date but really no script at all. And I like to be very well prepared as a director. The Bond people - who are lovely - are used to going into these massive productions in quite a chaotic way: 'Oh, we'll fix that later.' I panicked about this. And it was starting to make me feel very, very unhappy about what I was doing and who I was. The more the money went up, the worse it made me feel.
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