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- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- February 25, 1944
- Place of Birth
- London, England, UK
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.
Filmography
movieShort Sharp Shocks Volume 4
2025 · Director
movieAlien: Terror in Space
2025 · Self - Production Designer
movieMemory: The Origins of Alien
2019 · Self
movieThe Galaxy Britain Built: The British Force Behind Star Wars
2017 · Himself
movieJoseph and Mary
2016 · Director
moviePrisoners of the Sun
2013 · Director
movieDangerous Intuition
2013 · Director
movieStranded
2013 · Director, Writer
movie13 Eerie
2013 · Executive Producer
movieRiddle of the Black Cat
2012 · Producer
movieAmerican Daylight
2006 · Director
movieBandido
2004 · Director, Producer, Production Design
movieThe Beast Within: Making Alien
2003 · Self
movieThe Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: My First Adventure
2000 · Second Unit Director
movieBattlefield Earth
2000 · Director
movieStar Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999 · Second Unit Director
movieMasterminds
1997 · Director
movieUnderworld
1996 · Director
movieThe Final Cut
1995 · Director
movieNostradamus
1994 · Director, Story
movieLorca and the Outlaws
1984 · Director, Writer
movieReturn of the Jedi
1983 · Second Unit Director
movieThe Sender
1982 · Director
movieThe Dollar Bottom
1981 · Director
movieBlack Angel
1980 · Director, Writer
movieLife of Brian
1979 · Art Direction
movieAlien
1979 · Art Direction
movieThe Last Remake of Beau Geste
1977 · Set Decoration
movieStar Wars
1977 · Set Decoration
movieAkenfield
1974 · Art Direction
movieAnd Soon the Darkness
1970 · Assistant Art Director
movieThe Sword of Thyrus
— · Director, Producer, Screenplay, Story