Jay Roach

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Jay Roach

Directing 69 June 14, 1957

Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Mathew Jay Roach (born June 14, 1957) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for directing the Austin Powers film series, Meet the Parents, Dinner for Schmucks, The Campaign, …

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50 First Dates

50 First Dates

6.9 2004 Movie
The Dictator

The Dictator

6.2 2012 Movie
Meet the Parents

Meet the Parents

6.7 2000 Movie
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan

6.8 2006 Movie
Meet the Fockers

Meet the Fockers

6.3 2004 Movie
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

6.7 2005 Movie
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

6.6 1997 Movie
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

6.3 1999 Movie
Austin Powers in Goldmember

Austin Powers in Goldmember

6.0 2002 Movie
Little Fockers

Little Fockers

5.7 2010 Movie
Bombshell

Bombshell

6.8 2019 Movie
Grimsby

Grimsby

5.9 2016 Movie

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Mathew Jay Roach (born June 14, 1957) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for directing the Austin Powers film series, Meet the Parents, Dinner for Schmucks, The Campaign, Trumbo, and Bombshell. Roach also earned critical acclaim for directing and producing the political television drama films Recount, Game Change, and All the Way. He produced the films under his Everyman Pictures banner. He has received four Primetime Emmy Awards from six nominations for his work. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jay Roach, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2027
    Untitled Ocean's Prequel

    Movie Producer

  2. 2026
    Focker-in-Law

    Movie Producer

  3. 2025
    The Roses

    Movie Director

  4. 2023
    High Desert

    TV show Director

  5. 2020
    Coastal Elites

    Movie Executive Producer

  6. 2019
    Bombshell

    Movie Director

  7. 2018
    Barry

    TV show Jay Roach

  8. 2017
    Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House

    Movie Producer

  9. 2016
    All the Way

    Movie Director

  10. 2016
    Grimsby

    Movie Thanks

  11. 2015
    Sisters

    Movie Producer

  12. 2015
    Trumbo

    Movie Producer

  13. 2015
    The Brink

    TV show Director

  14. 2012
    The Campaign

    Movie Director

  15. 2012
    The Dictator

    Movie Thanks

  16. 2012
    Game Change

    Movie Director

More credits
  1. 2010
    Little Fockers

    Movie Producer

  2. 2010
    Dinner for Schmucks

    Movie Director

  3. 2009
    Brüno

    Movie Producer

  4. 2008
    Smother

    Movie Producer

  5. 2008
    Recount

    Movie Director

  6. 2008
    Charlie Bartlett

    Movie Producer

  7. 2008
    Monty Python Conquers America

    Movie Self

  8. 2006
    Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan

    Movie Producer

  9. 2005
    Earth to America

    Movie Director

  10. 2005
    Don't Crash: The Documentary of the Making of the Movie of the Book of the Radio Series of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  11. 2005
    The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

    Movie Producer

  12. 2004
    Meet the Fockers

    Movie Director

  13. 2004
    American Candidate

    TV show Producer

  14. 2004
    50 First Dates

    Movie Executive Producer

  15. 2002
    Austin Powers in Goldmember

    Movie Director

  16. 2000
    Meet the Parents

    Movie Director

  17. 1999
    Behind the Scenes of 'Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me'

    Movie Self

  18. 1999
    Mystery, Alaska

    Movie Director

  19. 1999
    Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

    Movie Director

  20. 1997
    Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

    Movie Director

  21. 1997
    Sound of Peace

    Movie Cinematography

  22. 1995
    MADtv

    TV show Self

  23. 1994
    Blown Away

    Movie Story

  24. 1993
    Lifepod

    Movie Writer