Donald Cammell
Birthday: 17 January 1934, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Birth Name: Donald Seton Cammell
British 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-'60s was celebrated among the " ...Show More
[about his unrealized project "Jericho", which was set to star Marlon Brando] The overall image of t Show more
[about his unrealized project "Jericho", which was set to star Marlon Brando] The overall image of the film is a man living with his own guilt over all the horror he's perpetrated . . . I felt I knew [Brando] as a performer and I could help orchestrate that performance, to see him bare his soul for once. Hide
I am a painter who happens to make films.
I am a painter who happens to make films.
One of the reasons I think Warners hated the film [Performance (1970)] so much is because it forces Show more
One of the reasons I think Warners hated the film [Performance (1970)] so much is because it forces an audience to consider the construction of their own fragmented selves, the various aspects of sexuality, which is something people never question. Hide
Performance (1970) is a landmark and a swan song for the era of swinging London.
Performance (1970) is a landmark and a swan song for the era of swinging London.
Donald Cammell's FILMOGRAPHY
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