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.
Movie Credits
Roger Christian has appeared in 3 movies.
These include The Galaxy Britain Built: The British Force Behind Star Wars, Memory: The Origins of Alien and The Beast Within: Making Alien.Production Credits
Roger Christian has 31 production credits.Writing
Credited for Story in 1 show - Nostradamus.
Directing
Credited for Director in 15 shows - Black Angel, The Dollar Bottom, The Sender, Starship, Nostradamus, The Final Cut, Underworld, Masterminds, Battlefield Earth, American Daylight, Bandido, Stranded, Dangerous Intuition, Prisoners of the Sun and Joseph and Mary.
Credited for Second Unit Director in 3 shows - Return of the Jedi, Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace and The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: My First Adventure.
Art
Credited for Production Design in 1 show - Bandido.
Credited for Set Decoration in 2 shows - Star Wars and The Last Remake of Beau Geste.
Production
Credited for Producer in 2 shows - Bandido and Riddle of the Black Cat.
Credited for Executive Producer in 1 show - 13 Eerie.