Roger Avary

Roger Avary

1965-08-23 Flin Flon, Manitoba, Canada 24 Credits

Biography

Roger Avary (born Roger d'Avary on August 23, 1965) is a Canadian film and television producer, screenwriter and director in the American mass media industry. He was behind the screenplays of the films Silent Hill and Beowulf. Before that, he had worked on Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, the latter of which earned both him and Quentin Tarantino an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay at the 67th Academy Awards. He also directed the films Killing Zoe and The Rules of Attraction, among other film a...

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Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

2021

as Self (archive footage)

5.0
Acting

Who has ever compared Reservoir Dogs? What are “Open Road” and “New World Disorder”? Why is Harvey Keitel a fairy and how did we all almost become die...

Lucky Day

Lucky Day

2019

Director, Executive Producer, Writer

5.3
Directing Producing Writing

Red, a safe cracker who has just been released from prison, is trying to hold his family together as his past catches up with him in the form of Luc, ...

The Human Voice

The Human Voice

2018

Director

Directing

A woman’s last phone conversation with her lover, who now loves someone else.

Glitterati

Glitterati

2011

Director, Screenplay, Cinematography

Directing Writing Producing

A re-edited version of the "European Trip" section from The Rules of Attraction, originally meant to bridge the gap between adaptations of Bret Easton...

Inspired by Bret Easton Ellis

Inspired by Bret Easton Ellis

2010

Thanks

7.0

Commissioned by Random House and Bret Easton Ellis.

Beowulf

Beowulf

2007

Executive Producer, Screenplay

5.9
Producing Writing

A 6th-century Scandinavian warrior named Beowulf embarks on a mission to slay the man-like ogre, Grendel.

Path of Darkness: Making 'Silent Hill'

Path of Darkness: Making 'Silent Hill'

2006

as Self

6.0
Acting

6 part behind the scenes feature on making 'Silent Hill'.

Silent Hill

Silent Hill

2006

Writer

6.6
Writing

Rose, a desperate mother takes her adopted daughter, Sharon, to the town of Silent Hill in an attempt to cure her of her ailment. After a violent car ...

Standing Still

Standing Still

2005

as Franklin Brauner

5.5
Acting

A chain reaction of confrontations and romantic encounters occurs when college friends reunite for one's wedding.

Kaante

Kaante

2002

Original Story

5.5
Writing

After being wrongfully detained and humiliated, six men meet in a lock-up. In a quest to seek revenge, they make the perfect plan of robbing the bank ...

The Rules of Attraction

The Rules of Attraction

2002

Director, Screenplay

6.2
Directing Writing

The incredibly spoiled and overprivileged students of Camden College are a backdrop for an unusual love triangle between a drug dealer, a virgin and a...

The Last Man

The Last Man

2000

Executive Producer

4.1
Producing

Apocalyptic comedy finds a socially-challenged grad school student as one of the last two men on Earth with a beautiful woman.

Phantasm IV: Oblivion

Phantasm IV: Oblivion

1998

as 13th Morningside Volunteer Infantryman

5.2
Acting

Taking off immediately where the last one ended, in this episode Mike travels across dimensions and time fleeing from the Tall Man, at the same time h...

RPM

RPM

1998

Story

2.8
Writing

A professional car thief pulls off the heist of a lifetime when he steals a prototype supercar.

Boogie Boy

Boogie Boy

1998

Executive Producer

4.5
Producing

A man who has just been released from prison vows to start a new life, but is put to the test when an old cellmate appears.

Mr. Stitch

Mr. Stitch

1995

Writer, Director

4.6
Writing Directing

Doctor Rue Wakeman and his team create a young man with skin and organs taken from other men and women. The creature (Lazarus) reads a lot of books an...

Crying Freeman

Crying Freeman

1995

Screenplay

6.3
Writing

A lethal assassin for a secret Chinese organisation, who sheds tears of regret each time he kills, is seen swiftly and mercilessly executing three Yak...

Pulp Fiction

Pulp Fiction

1994

Story

8.5
Writing

A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime cape...

Killing Zoe

Killing Zoe

1993

Director, Writer

6.2
Directing Writing

Zed is an American vault-cracker who travels to Paris to meet up with his old friend Eric. Eric and his gang have planned to raid the only bank in the...

True Romance

True Romance

1993

Screenplay

7.5
Writing

Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it.

Reservoir Dogs

Reservoir Dogs

1992

Creator, Writer, Additional Dialogue

8.1
Writing

A botched robbery indicates a police informant, and the pressure mounts in the aftermath at a warehouse. Crime begets violence as the survivors -- vet...

Dolph Lundgren: Maximum Potential

Dolph Lundgren: Maximum Potential

1987

Production Office Assistant

6.0

Dolph Lundgren has put together his varied and comprehensive personal workout on home video, comprised of body sculpturing, boxing, shadow boxing, run...

My Best Friend's Birthday

My Best Friend's Birthday

1987

Director of Photography

5.5
Directing

My Best Friend's Birthday is a partially lost black-and-white amateur film. The original cut was about 70 minutes long but due to a fire only 36 minut...

The Worm Turns

The Worm Turns

1983

Director, Writer

Directing Writing

A 1983 English language short film written and directed by Roger Avary, starring Andrew Blinn, Stephen A. Housden and Brian Leckner.