Portrait of Roger Christian

Directing

Roger Christian

Career

Active from 1980 to 2025, busiest in 2013 with 3 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score44/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Sender
The Sender
GoodWatch score68/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

  • Academy Awards · Production Design

    1978 · Won · 50th Academy Awards

    Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Production Design

    1980 · Nominated · 52nd Academy Awards

    Alien

    Source: Wikidata

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 20 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.8 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Roger Christian Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.2, average 5.4
  • Situational Comedy
    1.5, average 2.7
  • Wholesome
    2.4, average 3.4
  • Romance
    2.9, average 3.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Dystopian Sci-Fi 2
  • Paranoia 2
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Mystery 2
  • Moral Dilemmas 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

28
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
The Sword of Thyrus
The Sword of Thyrus

Screenplay, Story

2020s

1 title
Short Sharp Shocks Volume 4
Short Sharp Shocks Volume 4 (2025)

Director

2010s

6 titles · average score 41
Joseph and Mary
Joseph and Mary (2016)
GoodWatch score 43

Director

Prisoners of the Sun
Prisoners of the Sun (2013)
GoodWatch score 35

Director

Stranded
Stranded (2013)
GoodWatch score 30

Director, Writer

Dangerous Intuition
Dangerous Intuition (2013)
GoodWatch score 60

Director

13 Eerie
13 Eerie (2013)
GoodWatch score 37

Executive Producer

Riddle of the Black Cat
Riddle of the Black Cat (2012)

Producer

2000s

4 titles · average score 35
American Daylight
American Daylight (2006)

Director

Bandido
Bandido (2004)

Producer, Director

Battlefield Earth
Battlefield Earth (2000)
GoodWatch score 15

Director

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: My First Adventure
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: My First Adventure (2000)
GoodWatch score 56

Second Unit Director

1990s

5 titles · average score 45
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
GoodWatch score 57

Second Unit Director

Masterminds
Masterminds (1997)
GoodWatch score 32

Director

Underworld
Underworld (1996)
GoodWatch score 53

Director

The Final Cut
The Final Cut (1995)
GoodWatch score 42

Director

Nostradamus
Nostradamus (1994)
GoodWatch score 42

Story, Director

1980s

5 titles · average score 61
Lorca and the Outlaws
Lorca and the Outlaws (1984)
GoodWatch score 41

Director, Writer

Return of the Jedi
Return of the Jedi (1983)
GoodWatch score 70

Second Unit Director

The Sender
The Sender (1982)
GoodWatch score 68

Director

The Dollar Bottom
The Dollar Bottom (1981)

Director

Black Angel
Black Angel (1980)
GoodWatch score 66

Director, Writer

1970s

6 titles · average score 72
Alien
Alien (1979)
GoodWatch score 86

Art Direction

Life of Brian
Life of Brian (1979)
GoodWatch score 78

Art Direction

Star Wars
Star Wars (1977)
GoodWatch score 87

Set Decoration

The Last Remake of Beau Geste
The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977)
GoodWatch score 55

Set Decoration

Akenfield
Akenfield (1974)
GoodWatch score 73

Art Direction

And Soon the Darkness
And Soon the Darkness (1970)
GoodWatch score 51

Assistant Art Director