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Roger Christian

1944 (82) • Directing

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.

Known For

Star Wars

82%

Set Decoration

1977

Return of the Jedi

79%

Second Unit Director

1983

Alien

82%

Art Direction

1979

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

66%

Second Unit Director

1999

Life of Brian

78%

Art Direction

1979

Battlefield Earth

33%

Director

2000

Stranded

37%

Director

2013

And Soon the Darkness

66%

Assistant Art Director

1970

Short Sharp Shocks Volume 4

70%

Director

2025

Alien: Terror in Space

70%

Self - Production Designer

2025

Memory: The Origins of Alien

64%

Self

2019

The Galaxy Britain Built: The British Force Behind Star Wars

93%

Himself

2017

Joseph and Mary

46%

Director

2016

Prisoners of the Sun

39%

Director

2013

Dangerous Intuition

68%

Director

2013

Stranded

37%

Director

2013

Stranded

37%

Writer

2013

13 Eerie

47%

Executive Producer

2013

Riddle of the Black Cat

Producer

2012

American Daylight

43%

Director

2006

Bandido

44%

Director

2004

Bandido

44%

Producer

2004

Bandido

44%

Production Design

2004

The Beast Within: Making Alien

82%

Self

2003

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: My First Adventure

58%

Second Unit Director

2000

Battlefield Earth

33%

Director

2000

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

66%

Second Unit Director

1999

Masterminds

53%

Director

1997

Underworld

53%

Director

1996

The Final Cut

59%

Director

1995

Nostradamus

58%

Director

1994

Nostradamus

58%

Story

1994

Lorca and the Outlaws

38%

Director

1984

Lorca and the Outlaws

38%

Writer

1984

Return of the Jedi

79%

Second Unit Director

1983

The Sender

56%

Director

1982

Filters

Department
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