Roger Christian (film director)

Roger Christian (2011)

Roger Christian (* 1944 in London , England ) is a British film director .

Life

Roger Christian began his career in the film business as an assistant art director and set decorator . 1977 was awarded the Oscar in the category Best Art Direction-Set Decoration for his work on Star Wars . Two decades later he was second unit director for Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace .

He made his debut as a director in 1979 with the short film Black Angel . His first feature film followed three years later with Devilish Signals .

In 2001 he was awarded a Golden Raspberry as worst director for his best-known film Battlefield Earth . In 2013, the science fiction film The Ark - We Are Not Alone, was released in cinemas, directed by Christian .

Filmography (selection)

Director

• 1981: The Dollar Bottom ( Oscar-winning short film)
• 1982: Devilish Signals (The Sender)
• 1984: Redwing - Escape from the Black Droids (Starship)
• 1994: Nostradamus
• 1995: The Final Cut (The Final Cut)
• 1996: Father's Day - A Good Day to Die (Underworld)
• 1997: Masterminds - The Duel (Masterminds)
• 2000: Battlefield Earth (Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000)
• 2004: Bandido
• 2013: The Ark We Are Not Alone (Stranded)
• 2014: Prisoners of the Sun

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Martin Anderson: Exclusive interview: The worlds of Roger Christian . In: Shadowlocked , March 9, 2010. Accessed on July 23, 2010.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as broken. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.   
2. ↑ Something Sinister Stranded in Space . Dread Central. April 3, 2012. Retrieved April 1, 2012.
3. ^ Christian Slater Left Stranded . Dread Central. May 17, 2012. Retrieved May 17, 2012.

Web links

• Roger Christian in the Internet Movie Database (English)