Roger Christian
Born: 1944-02-25 in London, England, UK
Known For: Directing
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.
Filmography
2025
- Alien: Terror in Space as Self - Production Designer
2019
- Memory: The Origins of Alien as Self
2017
2016
- Joseph and Mary ... (Director)
2013
- Stranded ... (Director)
- Dangerous Intuition ... (Director)
- 13 Eerie ... (Executive Producer)
- Prisoners of the Sun ... (Director)
2012
- Riddle of the Black Cat ... (Producer)
2006
- American Daylight ... (Director)
2004
- Bandido ... (Production Design)
2003
- The Beast Within: Making Alien as Self
2000
- Battlefield Earth ... (Director)
- The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: My First Adventure ... (Second Unit Director)
1999
- Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace ... (Second Unit Director)
1997
- Masterminds ... (Director)
1996
- Underworld ... (Director)
1995
- The Final Cut ... (Director)
1994
- Nostradamus ... (Director)
1984
- Lorca and the Outlaws ... (Director)
1983
- Return of the Jedi ... (Second Unit Director)
1982
- The Sender ... (Director)
1981
- The Dollar Bottom ... (Director)
1980
- Black Angel ... (Director)
1979
- Alien ... (Art Direction)
- Life of Brian ... (Art Direction)
1977
- Star Wars ... (Set Decoration)
- The Last Remake of Beau Geste ... (Set Decoration)
1974
- Akenfield ... (Art Direction)
1970
- And Soon the Darkness ... (Assistant Art Director)