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Roger John Christian (born 25 February 1944) [1] 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 .
Roger Allen Christian (December 1, 1935 – November 9, 2011) was an American professional ice hockey player. Christian played for the American 1960 Winter Olympics and 1964 Winter Olympics ice hockey teams, winning a gold medal in 1960. He was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 1989.
Checkmate is the debut album of British singer Roger Christian.It was produced by Gary Katz and released on 9 October 1989 by Island Records.The album features background vocals by the Persuasions on three tracks, “Stay With Me Tonight”, “Chains” and “Mwanzia”.
The song, penned by Jan Berry, Brian Wilson and Roger Christian, was a Top 20 national hit. The pair were also to have appeared in the film, but their roles were cut following their friendship with Barry Keenan, who had engineered the Frank Sinatra Jr. kidnapping. [44]
It was directed by Roger Christian and stars John Travolta, Barry Pepper, and Forest Whitaker. The film follows a rebellion against the alien Psychlos, who have ruled Earth for 1,000 years. Travolta, a Scientologist, began adapting Battlefield Earth in the mid-1990s. He was unable to obtain major studio funding because of concerns regarding the ...
In 1998 founding member Roger Christian died from a brain tumour. [8] In 1997 The Christians began to perform together again in an "unplugged" acoustic format. They carried out a thirty-six date tour of the UK, with a similar tour undertaken in 2000, with guitarist and songwriter Paul Campbell, who accompanied them on all of their tours until 2003.
Roger Val Christian (July 3, 1934 – July 11, 1991) was an American radio personality and songwriter from Buffalo, New York. After moving to California in 1959, he became a lyricist for the Beach Boys ' Brian Wilson .
Roger Christian (ice hockey) (1935–2011), American Olympic ice hockey player; Roger Christian (filmmaker) (born 1944), British set decorator, production designer, and film director; Roger Christian (Emerson Stevens), American radio personality best known for his 43-year run at WTSS; Roger Christian, British musician, member of the band The ...