Roger Christian
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.
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- 1944-02-25 · London, England, UK
Known for
- Star Wars (1977) — Set Decoration
- Return of the Jedi (1983) — Second Unit Director
- Alien (1979) — Art Direction
- Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) — Second Unit Director
- Life of Brian (1979) — Art Direction
- Battlefield Earth (2000) — Director
- Stranded (2013) — Director
- And Soon the Darkness (1970) — Assistant Art Director
- 13 Eerie (2013) — Executive Producer
- Memory: The Origins of Alien (2019) — Self
- Nostradamus (1994) — Director
- Prisoners of the Sun (2013) — Director
- The Sender (1982) — Director
- The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977) — Set Decoration
- Masterminds (1997) — Director
- The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: My First Adventure (2000) — Second Unit Director