Roger Christian

Roger Christian

1944-02-25 London, England, UK 31 Credits

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.

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Alien, Terror in Space

Alien, Terror in Space

2025

as Self - Interviewee

7.0
Acting

In space, no one can hear you scream! the catchy slogan that accompanies Alien sums up the unprecedented stakes of this film that will mark the histor...

Memory: The Origins of Alien

Memory: The Origins of Alien

2019

as Self

6.3
Acting

The untold origin story behind Ridley Scott's Alien - rooted in Greek and Egyptian mythologies, underground comics, the art of Francis Bacon, and the ...

The Galaxy Britain Built: The British Force Behind Star Wars

The Galaxy Britain Built: The British Force Behind Star Wars

2017

as Himself

9.3
Acting

Superfan David Whiteley celebrates the unsung British heroes behind the first film in the Star Wars’ franchise, 1977’s eponymously titled Star Wars. ...

Joseph and Mary

Joseph and Mary

2016

Director

4.6
Directing

When loved ones are murdered, Elijah’s beliefs are compromised as he considers revenge. But a visit with Joseph and Mary may offer a new perspective.

Prisoners of the Sun

Prisoners of the Sun

2013

Director

3.9
Directing

A multinational expedition discovers a lost city beneath a pyramid, where they must stop the reawakened gods of ancient Egypt from initiating the apoc...

Dangerous Intuition

Dangerous Intuition

2013

Director

7.0
Directing

Kate Aldrich, a successful career woman is devastated when her husband leaves her for stay at home mom, Laura, with whom she is forced to share custod...

Stranded

Stranded

2013

Director, Writer

3.6
Directing Writing

The Lunar Base Ark explores ore and unexpectedly is hit by a meteor shower and has severe damages. Colonel Gerard Brauchman sends the crewwoman Ava Ca...

13 Eerie

13 Eerie

2013

Executive Producer

4.7
Producing

Forensics students arriving an isolated, island "body farm" get to try out their CSI skills on a bunch of corpses under the watchful eye of their grum...

Riddle of the Black Cat

Riddle of the Black Cat

2012

Producer

Producing

The horrifying 150-year-old mystery of Edgar Allan Poe's perverse masterpiece--solved at last! Legendary detective C. Auguste Dupin matches wits with ...

Bandido

Bandido

2004

Director, Producer, Production Design

3.8
Directing Producing

When legendary thief Max Cruz is framed by the CIA, he has no choice but to help them with a top-secret mission in the Yucatan.

American Daylight

American Daylight

2004

Director

3.0
Directing

A young Indian woman works as an operator for a US bank that outsourced its call center to India. The bank's young local manager becomes interested in...

The Beast Within: Making Alien

The Beast Within: Making Alien

2003

as Self

8.2
Acting

A behind-the-scenes look at the making of “Alien,” the terrifying classic about a spaceship crew trapped with a hideous monster that's hunting them on...

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: My First Adventure

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: My First Adventure

2000

Second Unit Director

5.6
Directing

While traveling with his father's world-wide lecture tour, nine-year-old Indiana Jones encounters an ancient mummy and a fresh corpse at an archaeolog...

Battlefield Earth

Battlefield Earth

2000

Director

3.3
Directing

In the year 3000, man is no match for the Psychlos, a greedy, manipulative race of aliens on a quest for ultimate profit. Led by the powerful Terl, th...

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

1999

Second Unit Director

6.6
Directing

Anakin Skywalker, a young slave strong with the Force, is discovered on Tatooine. Meanwhile, the evil Sith have returned, enacting their plot for reve...

Masterminds

Masterminds

1997

Director

5.3
Directing

A rebellious teen uses his talent for pranks to outwit the security consultant who has taken the students at his prestigious private school hostage.

Underworld

Underworld

1996

Director

5.0
Directing

A crook sets out to get revenge on the thugs who hurt his father in this bloody noir-style crime drama. After being released from prison, Johnny Crown...

The Final Cut

The Final Cut

1995

Director

5.8
Directing

A former bomb squad leader comes out of retirement to investigate a series of bombings plaguing Seattle.

Nostradamus

Nostradamus

1994

Director, Story

5.7
Directing Writing

A dramatic retelling of the life of Michel de Nostredame, from his early work as a plague doctor to his time at the court of Catherine de Medici, afte...

Lorca and the Outlaws

Lorca and the Outlaws

1984

Director, Writer

3.6
Directing Writing

Jowitt, a mercenary without recluse institutes a totalitarian regime in a small mining city of an arid planet, Ordessa, helped in that by androids inc...

Return of the Jedi

Return of the Jedi

1983

Second Unit Director

7.9
Directing

Luke Skywalker leads a mission to rescue his friend Han Solo from the clutches of Jabba the Hutt, while the Emperor seeks to destroy the Rebellion onc...

The Sender

The Sender

1982

Director

5.6
Directing

A disturbed telepathic man is able to transmit his dreams and visions into the minds of the people around him.

The Dollar Bottom

The Dollar Bottom

1981

Director

6.7
Directing

Light-hearted tale about an enterprising Edinburgh boarding school boy who sets up an insurance scheme for fellow pupils in 1953 against getting caned...

Black Angel

Black Angel

1980

Director, Writer

6.7
Directing Writing

A knight returns home from the Crusades to find his village devastated by disease and his family gone. He roams the forest searching for them, until h...

Life of Brian

Life of Brian

1979

Art Direction

7.8

Brian Cohen is an average young Jewish man, but through a series of ridiculous events, he gains a reputation as the Messiah. When he's not dodging his...

Alien

Alien

1979

Art Direction

8.2

During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew...

The Last Remake of Beau Geste

The Last Remake of Beau Geste

1977

Set Decoration

5.7

Digby Geste joins his brother, Beau, in the Foreign Legion following the theft of a priceless family heirloom.

Star Wars

Star Wars

1977

Set Decoration

8.2

Princess Leia is captured and held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to take over the galactic Empire. Venturesome Luke Skywalker an...

Akenfield

Akenfield

1974

Art Direction

7.2

As a young man, Tom, prepares to leave the Suffolk village of his birth, voices and experiences from his family's past crowd in on his mind, weaving a...

And Soon the Darkness

And Soon the Darkness

1970

Assistant Art Director

6.4
Directing

Two young English women go on a cycling tour of the French countryside. When one of them goes missing, the other begins to search for her. But who can...

The Sword of Thyrus

The Sword of Thyrus

N/A

Director, Producer, Screenplay

Directing Producing Writing

An intense journey of a knight guided by a sorcerer to follow his destiny and save the lands from a power hungry King and defeat the evil Black Angel ...