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.
2025Short Sharp Shocks Volume 4MovieDirector
2025Alien: Terror in SpaceMovieas Self - Production Designer
2019Memory: The Origins of AlienMovieas Self
2017The Galaxy Britain Built: The British Force Behind Star WarsMovieas Himself
2016Joseph and MaryMovieDirector
2013Prisoners of the SunMovieDirector
2013Dangerous IntuitionMovieDirector
2013StrandedMovieDirector · Writer
201313 EerieMovieExecutive Producer
2012Riddle of the Black CatMovieProducer
2006American DaylightMovieDirector
2004BandidoMovieProduction Design · Director · Producer
2003The Beast Within: Making AlienMovieas Self
2000The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: My First AdventureMovieSecond Unit Director
2000Battlefield EarthMovieDirector
1999Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom MenaceMovieSecond Unit Director
1997MastermindsMovieDirector
1996UnderworldMovieDirector
1995The Final CutMovieDirector
1994NostradamusMovieDirector · Story
1984Lorca and the OutlawsMovieDirector · Writer
1983Return of the JediMovieSecond Unit Director
1982The SenderMovieDirector
1981The Dollar BottomMovieDirector
1980Black AngelMovieDirector · Writer
1979Life of BrianMovieArt Direction
1979AlienMovieArt Direction
1977The Last Remake of Beau GesteMovieSet Decoration
1977Star WarsMovieSet Decoration
1974AkenfieldMovieArt Direction
1970And Soon the DarknessMovieAssistant Art Director
—The Sword of ThyrusMovieDirector · Story · Screenplay · Producer