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.
Academy Awards
Best Production Design
Known For
Return of the Jedi
(1983)
Second Unit Director
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
(1999)
Second Unit Director
Battlefield Earth
(2000)
Director
Stranded
(2013)
Director
Nostradamus
(1994)
Director
Full Filmography
Directing
Black Angel
(1980)
Director
The Dollar Bottom
(1981)
Director
The Sender
(1982)
Director
Return of the Jedi
(1983)
Second Unit Director
Lorca and the Outlaws
(1984)
Director
Nostradamus
(1994)
Director
The Final Cut
(1995)
Director
Underworld
(1996)
Director
Masterminds
(1997)
Director
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
(1999)
Second Unit Director
Battlefield Earth
(2000)
Director
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: My First Adventure
(2000)
Second Unit Director
American Daylight
(2004)
Director
Bandido
(2004)
Director
Stranded
(2013)
Director
Prisoners of the Sun
(2013)
Director
Dangerous Intuition
(2013)
Director
Joseph and Mary
(2016)
Director
Acting
The Beast Within: Making Alien
(2003)
Self
The Galaxy Britain Built: The British Force Behind Star Wars
(2017)
Himself
Memory: The Origins of Alien
(2019)
Self
Art
Akenfield
(1974)
Art Direction
Star Wars
(1977)
Set Decoration
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
(1977)
Set Decoration
Alien
(1979)
Art Direction
Life of Brian
(1979)
Art Direction
Bandido
(2004)
Production Design
Writing
Black Angel
(1980)
Writer
Lorca and the Outlaws
(1984)
Writer
Nostradamus
(1994)
Story
Stranded
(2013)
Writer
Production