Roy was a filmmaker by profession and an artist by nature.

He was born in Lima Peru to a Peruvian French father and a Canadian Spanish mother. Roy was the youngest of six siblings. He had two brothers and three sisters and remained very close to his sisters throughout his life.

At the age of sixteen he stared working in films in Argentina.

Two years later at the behest of his father he returned to Lima and attend university. But his passion was always film and at the first opportunity, after university, he came to London to study filmmaking.

On leaving the London International Film School, which later became the National Film School, he started producing and directing his own films. His first short feature film won the critics prize at the Grenoble short film festival and he subsequently worked on contract at the BBC. He was a consummate Filmmaker and was expert in all aspects of his profession. He made many documentaries on film and later became the vice president of the RBC Television Network in Lima. This Network had great success under his direction.

Roy was blessed with great generosity of spirit. While at RBC he did lots of charity work for disabled and underprivileged children, producing several international television appeals. He continued this work in Miami where he worked on the Telethon for Children in Need. He loved the international aspect of these mammoth shows that were months in the planning and involved the coordination of artists and talent from all over the Americas.

The same generosity of spirit that led him to charity work also manifested itself in his love of helping aspiring filmmakers and young television technicians and presenters. This gained him many friends and admirers in the industry. Indeed, that same kindness and love of people won him many friends throughout his life.

He met Nicholas Rea in London in 1976 where they collaborated on many projects together and became close friends.

Roy loved Britain and its culture and lived as long here as he ever did in Peru. This love of Britain resulted in his becoming a British citizen in 2001. He saw London as his home.

Last September, a couple of months before his illness was diagnosed, two of his sisters came from Peru to visit him and he and Nicholas had a wonderful holiday with them, touring Cornwall and Devon by car. His sisters used to call him several times weekly and when he was diagnosed with the illness they called him daily. They are still in touch with Nicholas whom they regard as a dearly loved family member.

When Roy received the crushing news that he had advanced pancreatic cancer, he showed great courage in the face of this devastating revelation and was optimistic to the end. His greatest concern was always for those around him. Remarkably he retained his sense of humour till the end. The day he died he was visited by two young, female palliative care nurses, in the company of a female palliative consultant from St Charles’s hospital. He had them in fits of laughter when he told them that they reminded him of Charlie’s Angels and then added that they were better looking. His decline and final demise took only two months. He was the sweetest, most talented and kindest of men. With his death the world is a darker place. He is sorely missed.