Roger Christian
Director
Born: February 25, 1944 (82 years old)
Place of birth: London, England, UK
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.
Filmography (25)
- The Beast Within: Making Alien (2003, ★ 8.2)
- Alien (1979, ★ 8.2)
- Life of Brian (1979, ★ 7.8)
- Star Wars (1977, ★ 8.2)
- Return of the Jedi (1983, ★ 7.9)
- Memory: The Origins of Alien (2019, ★ 6.3)
- Alien: Terror in Space (2025, ★ 6.8)
- The Final Cut (1995, ★ 5.7)
- Nostradamus (1994, ★ 5.7)
- The Sender (1982, ★ 5.6)
- Black Angel (1980, ★ 6.3)
- Akenfield (1974, ★ 7.2)
- Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999, ★ 6.6)
- The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: My First Adventure (2000, ★ 5.8)
- And Soon the Darkness (1970, ★ 6.5)
- Masterminds (1997, ★ 5.3)
- Underworld (1996, ★ 5.2)
- Lorca and the Outlaws (1984, ★ 3.6)
- Prisoners of the Sun (2013, ★ 3.9)
- Joseph and Mary (2016, ★ 4.6)
- 13 Eerie (2013, ★ 4.8)
- The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977, ★ 5.5)
- Battlefield Earth (2000, ★ 3.3)
- Stranded (2013, ★ 3.7)
- Bandido (2004, ★ 3.6)