Roger Avary

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1965-08-23 (60 years old)

Place of Birth

Flin Flon, Manitoba, Canada

Roger Avary

Biography

Roger Avary (born Roger d'Avary on August 23, 1965) is a Canadian film and television producer, screenwriter and director in the American mass media industry. He was behind the screenplays of the films Silent Hill and Beowulf. Before that, he had worked on Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, the latter of which earned both him and Quentin Tarantino an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay at the 67th Academy Awards. He also directed the films Killing Zoe and The Rules of Attraction, among other film and television projects as well.

Acting

2005

Standing Still

as Franklin Brauner

1998

Phantasm IV: Oblivion

as 13th Morningside Volunteer Infantryman

Production

1993

True Romance

as Screenplay

1993

Killing Zoe

as Director

2006

Silent Hill

as Writer

2007

Beowulf

as Executive Producer

2007

Beowulf

as Screenplay

1987

My Best Friend's Birthday

as Director of Photography

1995

Crying Freeman

as Screenplay

1983

The Worm Turns

as Director

1983

2000

The Last Man

as Executive Producer

1998

RPM

as Story

2018

The Human Voice

as Director

2002

Kaante

as Original Story

1995

Mr. Stitch

as Writer

1995

Mr. Stitch

as Director

1987

Dolph Lundgren: Maximum Potential

as Production Office Assistant

1993

Killing Zoe

as Writer

1992

Reservoir Dogs

as Creator

2019

Lucky Day

as Director

1992

2019

Lucky Day

as Executive Producer

2019

Lucky Day

as Writer

1998

Boogie Boy

as Executive Producer

1994

Pulp Fiction

as Story

2002

1992

Reservoir Dogs

as Additional Dialogue

2011

Glitterati

as Director

2011

Glitterati

as Screenplay

2011

Glitterati

as Cinematography

2011

Glitterati

as Editor

2011

Glitterati

as Producer

-

Mister Purple

as Original Film Writer

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