Nicolas Roeg

Nicolas Roeg was a British filmmaker and cinematographer whose fragmented, temporally dislocated style in films like 'Performance', 'Don't Look Now', and 'The Man Who Fell to Earth' made him one of the most formally inventive directors of his era.

Roeg's cross-cut editing — intercutting scenes across time and space to generate emotional rather than causal connections — redefined what non-linear film editing could achieve, directly influencing Nolan and a generation of British filmmakers.