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Roger Christian(I)

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2nd Unit Dir. Star Wars  Phantom Menace
Christians documentary on his work as Academy Award winning Set Decorator on Star Wars; A New Hope, creating the used reality based look for the Star Wars universe.
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Academy Award winner Roger Christian has had an extensive film career. He won an Academy Award for set decoration on director George Lucas's Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), which began a long collaboration between the filmmakers. Christian subsequently worked with Lucas on Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) and was hand-picked by Lucas to direct the second unit on the recent Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999). It was through Lucas that Christian got his first opportunity to direct a film, the short feature entitled Ángel negro (2000), which accompanied the UK release of Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980). Christian followed "Black Angel" with another short, The Dollar Bottom (1981), which won the 1981 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. He followed that success with the thriller The Sender (1998), which received much critical acclaim and a nomination for Best Film by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films.

His directing credits include the 1994 Orion Pictures release _Nostradamus (1994/I)_, starring Julia Ormond and F. Murray Abraham, the HBO premiere movie The Final Cut (1995), Underworld (1996) starring Annabella Sciorra and Masterminds (1997) starring Patrick Stewart. Christian has also directed numerous high profile commercials, including worldwide campaigns for SEGA, Taco Bell, Jeep, Lancia, Fiat and Chrysler/Dodge, among others. Christian's work as an art director and production designer was highly regarded. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his art direction on Ridley Scott's Alien (1979). His other art direction credits include Life of Brian (1979), Ken Russell's Mahler (1974) and Peter Hall's Akenfield (1974). Roger also directed Battlefield Earth (2000), with John Travolta and Forest Whitaker.

Roger Christian recently wrapped production on Bandido (2004), starring Angie Everhart, for Fries Film Group. Written by Carlos Gallardo, who also wrote El Mariachi, Bandidos continues the saga of the stylish Mexican thief who remains nameless. The same character was also portrayed by Antonio Banderas in Desperado (a remake of El Mariachi). In Bandidos, Carlos Gallardo reprises the starring role as the most infamous thief in Mexico.
BornFebruary 25, 1944
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  • Won 1 Oscar

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RC Star Wars Insider Mag Interview
RC & Roger Pratt DP.  BLACK ANGEL. SCOTLAND Eineen Donan Castle.
2nd unit Director Star Wars Phantom Menace.
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Roger Christian in Nostradamus (1994)
Joseph & Mary 2016 with Kevin Sorbo, Laura Jean Chorostecki,Lucius Hoyos,Steven McCarthy.
RC and son Thomas Christian Prod Manager on Pris of the Sun in Ouzarsate.
John Travolta and RC Montreal. BE

Known for

Anthony Daniels, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, James Earl Jones, David Prowse, and Kenny Baker in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
8.6
  • Set Decorator
  • 1977
Tchéky Karyo in Nostradamus (1994)
Nostradamus
5.8
  • Director
  • 1994
Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Anthony Daniels, Liam Neeson, Jake Lloyd, Kenny Baker, Ahmed Best, and Ray Park in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
6.5
  • Second Unit or Assistant Director
  • 1999
The Sender (1982)
The Sender
6.0
  • Director
  • 1982

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Art Department

  • Lucky Lady (1975)
    Lucky Lady
    • (uncredited)
  • Robert Powell in Mahler (1974)
    Mahler
  • The Final Programme (1973)
    The Final Programme
  • The Wild Little Bunch (1973)
    The Wild Little Bunch
  • Jason King (1971)
    Jason King
  • Michele Dotrice and Pamela Franklin in And Soon the Darkness (1970)
    And Soon the Darkness
  • My Partner the Ghost (1969)
    My Partner the Ghost
  • Oliver Reed, Mark Lester, Ron Moody, Shani Wallis, and Jack Wild in Oliver! (1968)
    Oliver!
    • (uncredited)

Director

  • Replicants on Atlantia
    • Post-production
  • The Sword of Thyrus
    • Pre-production
  • Crossroads to Shaolin
    • Pre-production
  • Roger Christian in Galaxy Built on Hope (2022)
    Galaxy Built on Hope
  • The Panther and the Lamb
  • Bear Clan Station
    • (attached)
  • Kevin Sorbo and Lara Jean Chorostecki in Joseph and Mary (2016)
    Joseph and Mary
  • Prisoners of the Sun (2013)
    Prisoners of the Sun
  • Christian Slater in Stranded (2013)
    Stranded
  • Estella Warren, David Cubitt, Tricia Helfer, and Genea Charpentier in Dangerous Intuition (2013)
    Dangerous Intuition
  • Bandido (2004)
    Bandido
  • Nick Moran, Vijay Raaz, and Koel Purie in American Daylight (2004)
    American Daylight
  • John Travolta in Battlefield Earth (2000)
    Battlefield Earth
  • Patrick Stewart and Vincent Kartheiser in Masterminds (1997)
    Masterminds
  • Denis Leary, Joe Mantegna, and Annabella Sciorra in Underworld (1996)
    Underworld
  • Sam Elliott and Anne Ramsay in The Final Cut (1995)
    The Final Cut
  • Tchéky Karyo in Nostradamus (1994)
    Nostradamus
  • Chris De Burgh: Fire on the Water (1986)
    Chris De Burgh: Fire on the Water

Writer

  • Replicants on Atlantia
    • Post-production
  • The Sword of Thyrus
    • Pre-production
  • Roger Christian in Galaxy Built on Hope (2022)
    Galaxy Built on Hope
  • Christian Slater in Stranded (2013)
    Stranded
  • Tchéky Karyo in Nostradamus (1994)
    Nostradamus
  • Lorca and the Outlaws (1984)
    Lorca and the Outlaws
  • Black Angel (1980)
    Black Angel
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    • February 25, 1944
    • London, England, UK
  • Directed Arcadia music video "Election Day" (1985).
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    • 5 Interviews
    • 4 Articles
    • 1 Pictorial

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