Performance
1970
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Donald Seton Cammell (17 January 1934 – 24 April 1996) was a Scottish painter, screenwriter, and film director. He has a cult reputation largely due to his debut film Performance, which he wrote the screenplay for and co-directed with Nicolas Roeg.
Donald Cammell. Director: Wild Side. British writer/director Donald Cammell, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1934, came from a wealthy shipbuilding family. He began his career as a painter, and by the mid-1960s was celebrated among the "Swinging London" crowd.
The first film Donald Cammell co-directed was the remarkable Performance (1970), a violent, sexually ambiguous story of East End gangsters and a reclusive rock star which brutally stubbed out the...
Dec 12, 2002 · Donald Cammell went to Hollywood to edit Performance, a two-year struggle with studio heads who didn’t know what to do with such a strange and outrageous film. He was to stay in Hollywood for the rest of his life.
Donald Cammell: The Ultimate Performance: Directed by Kevin Macdonald, Chris Rodley. With Donald Cammell, Nicolas Roeg, James Fox, Mick Jagger. A documentary look at the frustrated life of Donald Cammell, who wrote and partly directed the film PERFORMANCE, which starred Mick Jagger and James Fox.
Donald Cammell. Director: Wild Side. British writer/director Donald Cammell, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1934, came from a wealthy shipbuilding family. He began his career as a painter, and by the mid-1960s was celebrated among the "Swinging London" crowd.
May 5, 1996 · Donald Cammell, a screenwriter and director who was best known for his 1970 film, "Performance," which starred Mick Jagger, died on April 24 after shooting himself at his home in...
