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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 was a British writer/director who made cult-classic films like Performance and Demon Seed. He committed suicide in 1996 after a dispute with producers over his final film Wild Side.
- January 1, 1
- Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- January 1, 1
- Hollywood, California, USA
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.
- January 17, 1934
- April 24, 1996
A tribute to the co-director of Performance (1970), a radical and influential film that explored the individual's role in society. The article covers his life, career, and legacy as a painter, writer, and filmmaker.
An artist by trade, Cammell was chiefly known for the extraordinary film he co-directed in 1968 -- Performance, a mystic, druggy study of art, crime and insanity. It stars James Fox as Chas, a fugitive gangster, and Mick Jagger as Turner, the reclusive rock star who takes him in. Turner is burned out and knows Chas will eventually kill him.
Sep 20, 2017 · Donald Cammell The Ultimate Performance. Transmission. 96 subscribers. Subscribed. 58. 4.3K views 6 years ago. Documentary shown in the UK as part of the BBC's arts strand 'TX'. My own VHS...
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Dec 12, 2002 · A profile of the late Scottish filmmaker who co-directed Performance (1970) with Nicolas Roeg, a hallucinatory and influential film about the merging of opposites. Learn about his life, influences, style, and death, as well as his other works and collaborations.
