Roger Christian

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.

Directed

1. Battlefield Earth (2000) — Director
2. Stranded (2013) — Director
3. Nostradamus (1994) — Director
4. Prisoners of the Sun (2013) — Director
5. The Sender (1982) — Director
6. Masterminds (1997) — Director
7. Black Angel (1980) — Director
8. The Final Cut (1995) — Director
9. Underworld (1996) — Director
10. Lorca and the Outlaws (1984) — Director
11. Joseph and Mary (2016) — Director
12. Bandido (2004) — Director
13. Dangerous Intuition (2013) — Director
14. The Dollar Bottom (1981) — Director
15. American Daylight (2006) — Director
16. Short Sharp Shocks Volume 4 (2025) — Director
17. The Sword of Thyrus — Director

Also appeared in

1. Memory: The Origins of Alien (2019) — Self
2. The Beast Within: Making Alien (2003) — Self
3. Alien: Terror in Space (2025) — Self - Production Designer
4. The Galaxy Britain Built: The British Force Behind Star Wars (2017) — Himself