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.
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Production Design · 1978
- Saturn Award — Best Set Decoration · 1978
- Academy Award — Best Production Design · 1980 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Production Design · 1978 · nominated
Filmography19 titles
The Beast Within: Making Alien
Alien
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
Monty Python's Life of Brian
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
And Soon the Darkness
Memory: The Origins of Alien
Nostradamus
The Sender
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
Masterminds
Underworld
13 Eerie
Joseph and Mary
American Daylight
Prisoners of the Sun
Stranded
Battlefield Earth