Donald Cammell

Donald Seaton Cammell (1934-1996) was a British film director who enjoys a cult reputation thanks to his debut Performance, which he co-directed with Nicholas Roeg. Cammell was a prodigy as a society portrait painter and thanks to family connections was a central figure of the swinging London social scene of the 1960s. After Performance Cammell struggled to get another film produced until the visually stunning but low key Demon Seed in 1977. He also made the eccentric horror thriller White of the Eye in 1987.In between infrequent film and TV directing jobs Cammell made a mark directing music videos for the likes of U2.

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1934 - 1996 - British - Film - Director - Cult - Performance - Nicholas Roeg - Prodigy - London - 1960s - Demon Seed - 1977 - Horror - Thriller - White of the Eye - 1987 - Music video - U2

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When Cammell's 1995 film Wild Side was cut by the producer, he committed suicide by shooting himself though the wound was not immediately fatal. He asked for a mirror so that he could watch himself die. A posthumous "director's cut", edited by his widow China Kong and editor Frank Mazzola, was released in 2000 to critical acclaim.

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1995 - Wild Side - Producer - Suicide - 2000

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