Roger Michell
Roger Michell
Roger Michellis a South African-born English theatre, television and film director...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth5 June 1956
people trying world
Most of my films seem to be about people bewildered by the world around them, who don't fit into it and are trying to understand it.
cutting sea stories
Any film I've made, I've only really begun to understand in the cutting room. That's when the story shows itself to you, like a wreck coming out of the sea.
hollywood-films feelings different
I'm not saying that it's wrong to make huge Hollywood films but it's just a different kind of feeling, a different sort of pleasure.
europe want stories
I want to tell stories about Europe - I feel profoundly European, I don't feel like an American.
directors
I've tried to stay out of the frame more as a director.