Jay Roach

Jay Roach

  • Born: 1957-6-14
  • Birthplace: Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.
  • Height: 6' 0½" (1.84 m)
  • Profession: Director, screenwriter, producer
  • Nationality: America
  • Representative Works: Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, Meet the Parents, Game Change, All the Way, Bombshell
  • Jay Roach (Jay Roach), born on June 14, 1957 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, is an American director, screenwriter, and producer.
    In 1997, directed his first film " Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery " [1]  . In 2000, directed the comedy film " Meet the Parents " [2]  . In 2006, he served as the producer of the comedy film " Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan " [3]  . In 2008, directed the feature film " Recount " [4]  , which won the 60th Emmy Awards Miniseries/TV Movie Category-Best TV Movie Award [5]  . In 2010, directed the comedy movie " Dinner for Schmucks " [6]  . In 2012, with the feature film " Game Change ", he won the 64th Emmy Awards Miniseries/TV Film Category-Best Director Award [7]  . In 2016, directed the biographical film " All the Way " [8]  , which won the 68th Emmy AwardsBest TV Movie Award [9]  . In 2019, he directed the feature film " Bombshell " [10]  , for which he won the Stanley Kramer Award at the 31st American Producers Association Award [11]  .

    Performing Experience

    In 1997, directed his first film " Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery "   . In 1999, the film " Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me " directed by him was released. In 2000, directed the comedy film " Meet the Parents " co-starring Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro . 
    In 2002, the film " Austin Powers in Goldmember " directed by him was released   . In 2004, the film " Meet The Fockers " directed by him was released. The film tells the funny incident that happened when Grieg's future father-in-law's family visited Grieg's family   .
    In 2006, he served as the producer of the comedy film " Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan " directed by Larry Charles  . In 2008, he directed the drama film " Recount " co-starring Kevin Spacey and John Vincent Hurt . The film won the 60th Emmy Awards Miniseries/TV Movie-Best TV Movie Award . With this film, he won the 60th Emmy Awards Miniseries/TV Film Category-Best Director Award .   
    In 2010, he directed the comedy film " Dinner for Schmucks " co-starring Steven John Carell and Paul Rudd ; in the same year, he was the producer of the film " Little Fockers " .  
    2012, directed by the comedy film " The Campaign " was released, the film tells the story of involvement in a sex scandal Senator Keim Brady, Marty Huggins occur in the process of competing for members of Congress seats in a Interesting series   ; in the same year, directed the drama film " Game Change " co-starred by Julianne Moore , Ed Harris , Woody Harrelson, etc. The film was adapted from the novel of the same name and won the 64th Emmy Awards Miniseries/TV Movie-Best Miniseries /TV Movie Award . With this film, he won the 64th Emmy Awards Miniseries/TV Movie Category-Best Director Award , and the 65th American Directors Guild Awards Best TV Movie/Limited Drama Director Award .    
    In 2015, the biographical film " Trumbo " directed by him was released, which was co-starred by Bryan Cranston, Helen Lydia Mirren and Diane Lane  ; in the same year, he wrote and directed the TV series " The Brink " co-starring Jack Black and Tim Robbins . 
    In 2016, directed the biographical film " All the Way " co-starring Bryan Cranston and Anthony Mackie . The film won the 68th Emmy Awards Best TV Movie Award . With this film, he was shortlisted for the 68th Emmy Awards Miniseries/TV Movie /Best Director Award for Drama Program, Best TV Film/Limited Drama Director Award at the 69th American Directors Guild Awards . In 2019, he directed the feature film " Bombshell " co-starring Nicole Mary Kidman , Charlize Theron , and Margot Elise Robbie . For this film , he won the Stanley Kramer Award at the 31st American Society of Producers .     

    Character Evaluation

    Most of the films directed by Jay Roach are comedies   , which have opened up a world for themselves   , but the ability to grasp political themes is also reassuring   . In the movie "Dinner for Schmucks", the director Jay Roach showed the audience a group portrait of contemporary American society, allowing the audience to see the prosperity of contemporary American society and culture in a limited hour and a half   . In the movie "Trumbo", it not only highlights the director Jay Roach's thinking about the film industry of that era, but also his admiration for Dalton Trumbo  . In the TV series "The Brink", the director Jay Roach used a three-line narrative, deliberately using a subject and geopolitical background that is easiest to pose a serious posture, so that the film continues HBO's usual pungent political satire Comprehensive review of Writer , "Oriental Film", Beijing News ). 
    Extended Reading

    Recount quotes

    • Republican protester: Peter Jennings and Tom Brokaw have bald spots. Peter Jennings and Tom Brokaw have bald spots.

    • Republican Observer: [When disputed ballots are being contested by a member of each party, a Republican says] This woman is eating the chads.