Question: Which film has the director died earlier, Before The Deluge or The Man Who Fell To Earth?

The film retains a following for its use of surreal imagery and the performance by David Bowie( in his first starring film role) as the alien Thomas Jerome Newton; the film also stars Candy Clark, Buck Henry, and Hollywood veteran Rip Torn. The same novel was later remade as a less successful 1987 television adaptation. The Man Who Fell to Earth is a 1976 British science fiction film directed by Nicolas Roeg and written by Paul Mayersberg, based on Walter Tevis's 1963 novel of the same name, about an extraterrestrial who crash lands on Earth seeking a way to ship water to his planet, which is suffering from a severe drought. The film was produced by Michael Deeley and Barry Spikings, who reunited two years later to work on" The Deer Hunter." Despite a mixed critical response upon release, the film is now considered an important work of science fiction cinema and one of the best films of Roeg's career. <SEP> Candace June Clark( born June 20, 1947) is an American actress and model. She is well known for her roles as Debbie Dunham in the 1973 film" American Graffiti", for which she received a nomination for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, and Mary Lou in the 1976 film" The Man Who Fell to Earth". <SEP> Cayatte began his directoral career at the German- controlled Continental Films during the French occupation. André Cayatte( 3 February 1909, in Carcassonne – 6 February 1989, in Paris) was a French filmmaker and lawyer, who became known for his films centering on themes of crime, justice, and moral responsibility. Some of Cayatte's earlier films that addressed his characteristic themes include" Justice est faiteJustice is Done"; 1950)," Nous sommes tous des assassins We Are All Murderers"; 1952), and" Le passage du RhinTomorrow Is My Turn"; 1960). In 1963, he undertook a bold experiment in film narrative with a set of two films:" Jean- Marc ou La vie conjugaleAnatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean- Marc") and" Françoise ou La vie conjugaleAnatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise"). These two films tell the same story from two different points of view. His 1973 film," Il n'y a pas de fumée sans feu", won the Silver Bear Special Jury Prize at the 23rd Berlin International Film Festival. <SEP> The Man Who Changed His Mind is a 1936 British science fiction horror film starring Boris Karloff and Anna Lee. It was directed by Robert Stevenson and was produced by Gainsborough Pictures. The film was also known as" The Brainsnatcher" or" The Man Who Lived Again". <SEP> Making his directorial debut 23 years after his entry into the film business, Roeg quickly became known for an idiosyncratic visual and narrative style, characterized by the use of disjointed and disorienting editing. Nicolas Jack Roeg( 15 August 1928 – 23 November 2018) was an English film director and cinematographer, best known for directing" Performance"( 1970)," Walkabout"( 1971)," Do n't Look Now"( 1973)," The Man Who Fell to Earth"( 1976)," Bad Timing"( 1980), and" The Witches"( 1990). For this reason, he is considered a highly influential filmmaker, with such directors as Steven Soderbergh, Christopher Nolan, and Danny Boyle citing him as such. In 1999, the British Film Institute acknowledged Roeg's importance in the British film industry by respectively naming" Do n't Look Now" and" Performance" the 8th and 48th greatest British films of all time in its Top 100 British films poll. <SEP> It was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. Before the Deluge is a 1954 French- Italian drama film directed by André Cayatte. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Colombier.