Recently, South African director Roger Michel, who was widely known for directing "Notting Hill", "Mother's Spring" and "The End of Eros", unfortunately passed away at the age of 65. The cause and place of death of Roger Michelle has not been disclosed by the media.
Born in South Africa in 1956, Roger Michel grew up in Syria and Czechoslovakia before settling in Britain. Roger Michelle is known for shooting love scenes, and his director is smooth and rhythmic, hiding emotions in extremely mundane stories.
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On 21 May 1999, the romance film Notting Hill, directed by him, starred Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts, won the British Comedy Award for Best Comedy Film and the Audience Award at the 53rd British Academy Film and Television Arts Awards, one of his most famous films. On October 9, 2003, Roger Michelle's love film Mother's Spring was released, co-starring Anne Red and Daniel Craig, and was nominated for best film at the 7th Shanghai International Film Festival.
Subsequently, Roger Michelle's career was a smooth one, and although his work was not as famous as "Notting Hill", he has always been active in the film industry. On 2 May 2018, the documentary Impressions of the Baroness was released, which documented the tea party of four British female jazz ladies, Maggie Smith, Judy Dench, Joan Prewright and Irene Atkins. On September 6, 2019, the feature film "Blackbird", co-starring Kate Winslet and Mia Huashikovoska, was nominated for the Golden Shell Award at the 67th San Sebastian International Film Festival.