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
    • Idell 2022-09-06 18:58:59

      Democrat or Republican?

      It is an fairly accurate depiction of the time line of the events, but no so much for picturing the characters, since, naturally, it's from the democrats' point of view. Interestingly, James Bakers likes it while Warren Christopher does not.

      It is not about who won or who lost, just like what David...

    • Deonte 2022-10-15 13:57:01

      Questions like that are answered only eight years later

      At the end of the film, Ron Klain asks James Baker at the airport if he can be sure that the really good people have won the election? Can he be sure that the winner will be a good president.
      This question, four years later, the Americans still seem unable to answer, until today, eight years later,...

    Recount quotes

    • David Boies: [holds up bag of red m&m's] I'm only eating the red ones today.

    • Ron Klain: The plural of "chad" is "chad"?