Directing
Roger Christian
Directing · Born 1944-02-25 · London, England, UK
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.
Credits · 30
FilmShort Sharp Shocks Volume 4
2025 · Director
FilmAlien: Terror in Space
2025 · Self - Production Designer
FilmMemory: The Origins of Alien
2019 · Self
FilmThe Galaxy Britain Built: The British Force Behind Star Wars
2017 · Himself
FilmJoseph and Mary
2016 · Director
FilmPrisoners of the Sun
2013 · Director
FilmDangerous Intuition
2013 · Director
FilmStranded
2013 · Director
Film13 Eerie
2013 · Executive Producer
FilmAmerican Daylight
2006 · Director
FilmBandido
2004 · Director
FilmThe Beast Within: Making Alien
2003 · Self
FilmThe Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: My First Adventure
2000 · Second Unit Director
FilmBattlefield Earth
2000 · Director
FilmStar Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999 · Second Unit Director
FilmMasterminds
1997 · Director
FilmUnderworld
1996 · Director
FilmThe Final Cut
1995 · Director
FilmNostradamus
1994 · Director
FilmLorca and the Outlaws
1984 · Director
FilmReturn of the Jedi
1983 · Second Unit Director
FilmThe Sender
1982 · Director
FilmThe Dollar Bottom
1981 · Director
FilmBlack Angel
1980 · Director
FilmLife of Brian
1979 · Art Direction
FilmAlien
1979 · Art Direction
FilmThe Last Remake of Beau Geste
1977 · Set Decoration
FilmStar Wars
1977 · Set Decoration
FilmAkenfield
1974 · Art Direction
FilmAnd Soon the Darkness
1970 · Assistant Art Director