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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.[1]

Jay Roach
Roach at the 2013 Peabody Awards
Born	Mathew Jay Roach (1957-06-14) June 14, 1957 (age 65) Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.
Other names	M. Jay Roach
Alma mater	Stanford University (BA) University of Southern California (MFA)
Occupation	Filmmaker
Years active	1986–present
Notable work	Austin Powers Mystery, Alaska Meet the Parents Dinner for Schmucks The Campaign Trumbo Bombshell
Spouse	Susanna Hoffs ​ (m. 1993)​
Children	2

Roach also earned critical acclaim for directing and producing the HBO political drama films Recount, Game Change, and All the Way. He produced these films under his Everyman Pictures banner.[2] For his work, he has received four Primetime Emmy Awards from six nominations.

Early life and education

Roach was born and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where his father was a military worker.[3] He graduated from Eldorado High School in 1975.[4] He received a BA in economics from Stanford University in 1980 and later earned an M.F.A. in film production from the University of Southern California in 1986.[5]

Career

Roach made his directorial debut with the 1990 comedy film Zoo Radio. He received further recognition for the commercially successful spy comedy film Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997), starring Mike Myers as the title character. He returned to direct the sequels Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) and Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002).

Roach also directed the sports comedy-drama film Mystery, Alaska, which was released in October 1999. He continued to direct critically and commercially successful comedies, including Meet the Parents (2000) and its sequel Meet the Fockers (2004), Dinner for Schmucks (2010), and The Campaign (2012). Roach expanded into other genres, directing the biographical period drama Trumbo (2015) and the biographical drama Bombshell (2019), which earned multiple Academy Award nominations.

Roach earned critical acclaim for directing multiple HBO political drama films. He directed Recount (2008), which earned him two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special and Outstanding Television Movie, in addition to the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Miniseries or TV Film. He then directed Game Change, about the 2008 McCain/Palin campaign, which premiered March 2012 as one of the most watched films in HBO history. The film earned him additional Primetime Emmy Awards in the same categories, as well as the Golden Globe Award for Best Miniseries or Television Film and a Peabody Award.[6] He also directed All the Way, which premiered in May 2016 and earned Roach two more Primetime Emmy Award nominations in the same categories.

Personal life

Roach is married to musician and actress Susanna Hoffs of The Bangles, with whom he has two sons.[7] Roach was raised a Southern Baptist, and converted to Judaism before marrying Hoffs.[3]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Director	Producer	Writer	Notes
1990	Zoo Radio	Yes	No	No	Credited as M. Jay Roach
1994	Blown Away	No	Associate	Yes
1997	Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery	Yes	No	No
1999	Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me	Yes	No	No
	Mystery, Alaska	Yes	No	No
2000	Meet the Parents	Yes	Yes	No
2002	Austin Powers in Goldmember	Yes	No	No
2004	Meet the Fockers	Yes	Yes	No
2010	Dinner for Schmucks	Yes	Yes	No
2012	The Campaign	Yes	Yes	No
2015	Trumbo	Yes	Uncredited	No
2019	Bombshell	Yes	Yes	No

Producer only

• The Empty Mirror (1996)
• 50 First Dates (2004) (Executive producer)
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
• Borat (2006)
• Charlie Bartlett (2007)
• Smother (2008)
• Brüno (2009)
• Little Fockers (2010)
• Sisters (2015)
• Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House (2017)

Television

TV series

Year	Title	Director	Producer	Writer	Notes
1993	Space Rangers	No	Yes	Yes	Episode: "Fort Hope"
1997	Poltergeist: The Legacy	No	No	Yes	Episode: "Fear"
2004	American Candidate	No	Executive	No	10 episodes
2005	Earth to America	Yes	No	No	TV special
2015	The Brink	Yes	Executive	No	10 episodes
2019	Barry	No	No	No	Appeared as himself; Episode: "The Audition"
TBA	High Desert	Yes	Executive	No	Upcoming series

TV movies

Year	Title	Director	Producer	Writer
1993	Lifepod	No	Yes	Yes
2008	Recount	Yes	Executive	No
2012	Game Change	Yes	Executive	No
2016	All the Way	Yes	Executive	No
2020	Coastal Elites	Yes	Executive	No

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
2008	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Television Movie	Recount	Won	[8]
		Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special		Won
2009	Directors Guild of America Award	Outstanding Directing – Miniseries or TV Film		Won	[9]
	Golden Globe Award	Best Miniseries or Television Film		Nominated	[10]
	Producers Guild of America Award	Best Long-Form Television		Nominated	[9]
2012	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Television Movie	Game Change	Won	[8]
		Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special		Won
2013	Directors Guild of America Award	Outstanding Directing – Miniseries or TV Film		Won	[9]
	Golden Globe Award	Best Miniseries or Television Movie		Won	[11]
	Producers Guild of America Award	Best Long-Form Television		Won	[9]
2016	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Television Movie	All the Way	Nominated	[8]
		Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special		Nominated
2017	Directors Guild of America Award	Outstanding Directing – Miniseries or TV Film		Nominated	[9]

References

External links

• Jay Roach at IMDb
• Appearances on C-SPAN

На других языках

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[de] Jay Roach

Jay Roach (* 14. Juni 1957 in Albuquerque, New Mexico) ist ein US-amerikanischer Filmregisseur, Kameramann, Drehbuchautor und Filmproduzent.

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[es] Jay Roach

Jay Roach (n. 14 de junio de 1958; Albuquerque, Nuevo México, Estados Unidos) es un productor, director y guionista de cine y televisión estadounidense. Ganador de dos Premios Emmy a la mejor dirección y al mejor telefilme.[1] Ha dirigido y/o producido películas como Meet the Parents (2000), Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002), Meet the Fockers (2005) o Dinner for Schmucks (2010).

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[ru] Роуч, Джей

Мэтью Джей Роуч (англ. Mathew Jay Roach; род. 14 июня 1957, Альбукерке, Нью-Мексико, США) — американский режиссёр и продюсер. Он наиболее известен как режиссёр фильмов об Остине Пауэрсе (1997–2002), «Знакомство с родителями» (2000), «Знакомство с Факерами» (2004), «Ужин с придурками» (2010), «Грязная кампания за честные выборы» (2012), «Трамбо» (2015), и «Скандал» (2019)[1].

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