Roger Avary
Award-winning filmmaker Roger Avary first began experimenting in Beta I video and 8mm film formats during the late 1970s. In 1983, his Super-8mm supernatural thriller The Worm Turns won Best Film from the Los Angeles Film Teachers Association Film Expo. He went on to attend the Pasadena Art Center College of Design's film program. Avary then worked in advertising at DMB&B and J. Walter Thompson. In 1994, Avary was awarded an Academy Award for his work as a writer with Quentin Tarantino on their screenplay for Pulp Fiction. The screenplay for Pulp Fiction earned Avary and Tarantino additional accolades, including a BAFTA, the Boston Society of Film Critics Award, the Chicago Society of Film Critics Award, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award, the New York Film Critics Circle Award, and the Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay. Also in 1994, Avary wrote and directed the French neonoir crime thriller Killing Zoe, which Roger Ebert hailed as 'Generation X's first Bank Caper Movie.' Killing Zoe is notable as the first feature film to utilize swing and tilt bellows lenses in its production. The film was honored with le Prix tres special a Cannes, the same year that Pulp Fiction took home the Palm d'Or. Killing Zoe continued to win awards worldwide on the festival circuit, including Best Film at Japan's Yubari International Film Festival and the Italian Mystfest. The film was also celebrated by the Cinemathique Francaise, who heralded Avary as the Antonin Artaud of cinema during their Cinema of Cruelty retrospective. In 2002, Avary wrote and directed the filmed adaptation of the Bret Easton Ellis novel The Rules of Attraction, which he also executive-produced. The Rules of Attraction is notable as the first studio motion picture to prove reliable use of Apple's Final Cut Pro editing system. Roger Avary became an Apple spokesperson for Final Cut Pro 3, appearing in print and web ads worldwide. His film within the film, Glitterati (2004), used elements of Victor's European trip and was shot entirely on digital video with a crew of two (Avary and producer Greg Shapiro). In 2005, he purchased the rights to another Bret Easton Ellis novel, Glamorama, which is in development at Avary's company for him to direct. In 2006, he penned the movie adaptation of the hit Konami video game Silent Hill for French director Christophe Gans. Silent Hill debuted as #1 at the U.S. box office and has been embraced by video game fans as one of the first game-to-film adaptations that is true to the imagery and spirit of its source material. In 2007, novelist Neil Gaiman & Roger Avary wrote and produced an adaptation of Beowulf with director Robert Zemeckis for Paramount Pictures. Utilizing a complex process of digitally enhanced live action, the film tells the oldest English language story through the use of the most modern technology available. In 2017 Avary directed a French language filmed adaptation of Jean Cocteau's one-woman play, La voix humaine, starring actress Elsa Zylberstein. Also in 2017 Avary wrote and directed the comedic thriller, Lucky Day, for producer Don Carmody, and starring Luke Bracey, Nina Dobrev, Crispin Glover, David Hewlett, and Tomer Sisley. Roger Avary divides his time between Los Angeles, Paris, and Toronto. He is represented by his attorney, Craig Emanuel of Paul Hastings LLP Los Angeles.
Roger Azar
Roger Azar is known for The Blackout (2019), Die Frau des Piloten (2021) and Munich Games (2022).
Roger B. Chaffee
Roger B. Chaffee was born on February 15, 1935 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA. He was married to Martha Louise Horn. He died on January 27, 1967 in Cape Kennedy, Florida, USA.
Roger B. Spencer
Roger B. Spencer is a producer and actor, known for Skinned (2015), Misguided Behavior (2017) and Funny How Things Happen (2011).
Roger Bailey
Roger Bailey is an actor, known for Night of the Living Dead: Resurrection (2012).
Roger Bailey
Roger Bailey is an actor, known for Minus One (2010) and Ordinary World (2010).
Roger Bainbridge
Roger Bainbridge is an actor and writer, known for Friend (2011), Japan (2013) and The Handmaid's Tale (2017).
Roger Barclay
Roger Barclay initially trained for the Army at Sandhurst Military Academy before winning an acting scholarship to the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London and it was whilst he was a student there that he gained his first acting role in the 1995 television adaptation of 'Pride and Prejudice'. He has subsequently worked on both sides of the Atlantic and was accepted as an Emmy Academy member after his nomination for best supporting actor in 'Secret Diary of a Call-Girl. He has worked on stage with the likes of the National Theatree as well as teaching drama at Cranfield University and undertaking charity work on behalf of homelessness campaign group Shelter and the Cystic Fibrosis Trust.
Roger Barnes
Roger Barnes began his professional career with a television commercial and a few minor parts in 1974. Since then, he has amassed an impressive list of guest appearances in both film and television and is fast approaching 100 television commercials! Roger has played principal roles in such films as Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989), Relentless: Mind of a Killer (1993) (as Mood Indigo), Panic in the Skies! (1996), I Still Dream of Jeannie (1991), Bridal Fever (2008), Road Rage (1999), Deadlocked: Escape from Zone 14 (1995), and Firefight (2003). He has also made guest appearances on such television series as Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye (2002), Da Vinci's Inquest (1998), Mysterious Ways (2000), The Sentinel (1996), Viper (1994), Poltergeist: The Legacy (1996), The Outer Limits (1995), Odyssey 5 (2002), 21 Jump Street (1987), and MacGyver (1985) to mention a few. Roger had a recurring role playing the comical, way-over-the-top News Reporter, Chuck Arblaugh in the popular kid's series Monster Warriors (2006) seen throughout the world. Roger has appeared on stage many times. He had his Directing debut, to rave reviews, of Lettice and Lovage for the Driftwood Players while also playing the lawyer in act three. He also appeared as a French Canadian Senator in the debut production of A Celibate Season in Vancouver. Roger gave his first one-man performance with a dramatic reading of The Gospel according to St. Mark in Vancouver. Roger was asked to share some of his knowledge, especially in commercials, and taught Acting for Film and Television workshops for four years while in Vancouver. At 18, Roger obtained his Pilot's License. At 21, he received his Auto Racing License and subsequently, was fortunate enough to receive stunt driving training from some great industry pros. Both have proved useful over the years and Roger continues to do much of his own stunt driving. Based in Toronto, Roger's dual Canadian and British citizenship should be helpful as he begins to explore work opportunities in Britain and Europe. He is also known to be a fabulous cook!
Roger Barris
Roger Barris is known for Secret Agent Selection: WW2 (2018).