Jay Roach

Jay Roach Biography

Matthew Jay Roach (born June 14, 1957) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter, best known for directing the Austin Powers films and Meet the Parents.

Life and career

Roach was born and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where his father was a military worker. He graduated from Eldorado High School in 1975. He received a B.A. 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. Jay Roach is a director, writer and producer in Hollywood. His directing credits include the Emmy-winning HBO film Recount, which earned Roach two Emmy Awards, for Outstanding Directing and Outstanding Made for Television Movie in addition to a DGA Award. He also directed the HBO film Game Change about the 2008 McCain/Palin campaign, which premiered March 2012 as one of the most watched films in HBO history. The film also gave him his third Primetime Emmy Award. His other directing credits include Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, Austin Powers in Goldmember, Meet the Parents, Meet the Fockers and Mystery, Alaska. Roach's producing credits include the Academy Award-nominated "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan." His latest film was The Campaign (2012), a political comedy centred on competing congressional candidates, starring Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis.

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

Filmography

Directing credits

Year	Film	Director	(Executive) Producer
1997	Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
1999	Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
1999	Mystery, Alaska
2000	Meet the Parents
2002	Austin Powers in Goldmember
2004	Meet the Fockers
2004	50 First Dates
2005	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2006	Borat
2007	Charlie Bartlett
2008	Recount
2009	Brüno
2010	Dinner for Schmucks
2010	Meet the Parents: Little Fockers
2012	Game Change
2012	The Campaign

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