Roger Christian

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1944-02-25 (81 years old)

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

Roger Christian

Biography

Roger Christian (born 25 February 1944) is an English set decorator, production designer and feature film director. He won an Academy Award for his work on the original Star Wars and was Oscar-nominated for his work on Alien. Christian directed the second unit on both Return of the Jedi and Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace as well as feature films including The Sender and Nostradamus. He also directed the 2000 film Battlefield Earth which is regarded as one of the worst films ever made.

Production

1979

Alien

as Art Direction

1979

Life of Brian

as Art Direction

1995

The Final Cut

as Director

2000

1997

Masterminds

as Director

1994

Nostradamus

as Director

1982

The Sender

as Director

1996

Underworld

as Director

1984

2013

Stranded

as Director

2013

2013

Stranded

as Writer

2013

1980

Black Angel

as Director

1980

Black Angel

as Writer

1977

Star Wars

as Set Decoration

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The Sword of Thyrus

as Screenplay

1994

Nostradamus

as Story

2016

Joseph and Mary

as Director

1981

1974

Akenfield

as Art Direction

2004

2004

Bandido

as Director

2004

Bandido

as Producer

2004

Bandido

as Production Design

2013

13 Eerie

as Executive Producer

1983

Return of the Jedi

as Second Unit Director

1977

1970

And Soon the Darkness

as Assistant Art Director

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