Jay Roach

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 as well as producing films including, Borat and Meet the Parents.<ref>Stanford Magazine, July/Aug 2007</ref>

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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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, U.S., where his father was a military worker.<ref name=rff>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Dead link</ref> He graduated from Eldorado High School in 1975.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He received a BA in economics from Stanford University in 1980<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and later earned a Master of Fine Arts in film production from the University of Southern California in 1986.<ref>Notable Alumni, USC School of Cinematic Arts Template:Webarchive.</ref> Roach worked for 10 years as a writing apprentice and sound editor. He also worked as an adjunct film professor at USC.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Career

Roach's early entrance into film was in music videos. His first job was working as a cameraman on the music video for Eazy-E's "Eazy-er Said Than Dunn", which was directed by his film school friend John Lloyd Miller.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Roach made his directorial debut with the 1990 comedy film Zoo Radio. He received 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Roach was raised a Southern Baptist, and converted to Judaism before marrying Hoffs.<ref name=rff/>

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Director	Producer
1990	Zoo RadioTemplate:Efn	Template:Yes	Template:No
1997	Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery	Template:Yes	Template:No
1999	Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me	Template:Yes	Template:No
	Mystery, Alaska	Template:Yes	Template:No
2000	Meet the Parents	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
2002	Austin Powers in Goldmember	Template:Yes	Template:No
2004	Meet the Fockers	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
2010	Dinner for Schmucks	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
2012	The Campaign	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
2015	Trumbo	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
2019	Bombshell	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
2025	The Roses	Template:Yes	Template:Yes

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)
• Focker In-Law (2026)

Other credits

Year	Title	Role
1994	Blown AwayTemplate:Efn	Writer and associate producer

Television

TV series

Year	Title	Director	Executive Producer	Notes
2004	American Candidate	Template:No	Template:Yes	10 episodes
2005	Earth to America	Template:Yes	Template:No	TV special
2015	The Brink	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	10 episodes
2023	High Desert	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	8 episodes

TV movies

Year	Title	Director	Executive Producer
2008	Recount	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
2012	Game Change	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
2016	All the Way	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
2020	Coastal Elites	Template:Yes	Template:Yes

Other credits

Year	Title	Producer	Writer	Notes
1993	Space Rangers	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Episode: "Fort Hope"
	Lifepod	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	TV movie
1997	Poltergeist: The Legacy	Template:No	Template:Yes	Episode: "Fear"
2019	Barry	Template:No	Template:No	Appeared as himself; Episode: "The Audition"

Awards and nominations

Template:Awards table |- !scope="row" rowspan="2"| 2008 |rowspan="2"| Primetime Emmy Award | Outstanding Television Movie |rowspan="5"| Recount | Template:Won |rowspan="2"| <ref name="emmy">Template:Cite web</ref> |- | Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special | Template:Won |- !scope="row" rowspan="3"| 2009 | Directors Guild of America Award | Outstanding Directing – Miniseries or TV Film | Template:Won | <ref name="imdb">Template:Cite web</ref> |- | Golden Globe Award | Best Miniseries or Television Film | Template:Nom | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |- | Producers Guild of America Award | Best Long-Form Television | Template:Nom | <ref name="imdb"/> |- !scope="row" rowspan="3"| 2012 |rowspan="2"| Primetime Emmy Award | Outstanding Television Movie |rowspan="6"| Game Change | Template:Won |rowspan="2"| <ref name="emmy"/> |- | Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special | Template:Won |- | Peabody Award | Director | Template:Won | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |- !scope="row" rowspan="3"| 2013 | Directors Guild of America Award | Outstanding Directing – Miniseries or TV Film | Template:Won | <ref name="imdb"/> |- | Golden Globe Award | Best Miniseries or Television Movie | Template:Won | <ref name="imdb"/> |- | Producers Guild of America Award | Best Long-Form Television | Template:Won | <ref name="imdb"/> |- !scope="row" rowspan="1"| 2015 |rowspan="1"| Windsor International Film Festival | LIUNA People's Choice Award |rowspan="3"| Trumbo | Template:Won |- !scope="row" rowspan="1"| 2016 | Cinema for Peace Award | Most Valuable Film of the Year | Template:Nom | <ref name="imdb"/> |- !scope="row" rowspan="1"| 2017 || Kinema Junpo Award |Best Foreign Language Film | Template:Nom |- !scope="row" rowspan="2"| 2016 | Santa Fe International Film Festival | American Filmmaker Award |rowspan="1"| | Template:Won | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |- | Cinema Audio Society Award | Filmmaker Award |rowspan="1"| | Template:Won | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |- !scope="row" rowspan="2"| 2016 |rowspan="2"| Primetime Emmy Award | Outstanding Television Movie |rowspan="3"| All the Way | Template:Nom |rowspan="2"| <ref name="emmy"/> |- | Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special | Template:Nom |- !scope="row"| 2017 | Directors Guild of America Award | Outstanding Directing – Miniseries or TV Film | Template:Nom | <ref name="imdb"/> |- !scope="row" rowspan="1"| 2019 |rowspan="1"| Heartland International Film Festival |Truly Moving Picture Award |rowspan="2"| Bombshell | Template:Win |- !scope="row" rowspan="1"| 2020 | Cinema for Peace Award | Most Valuable Film of the Year | Template:Nom Template:End

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