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Jay Roach (born 1957 in Albuquerque, New Mexico) is an American film director and producer whose credits include the Austin Powers movies, and the hit comedies Meet the Parents and Meet the Fockers starring Robert DeNiro and Ben Stiller. Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ... Nickname: Location in the state of New Mexico Coordinates: , Country United States State New Mexico County Bernalillo Founded 1706 Government  - Mayor Martin Chavez Area  - City  181. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... A film producer creates the conditions for making movies. ... The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ... Meet the Parents is a 2000 comedy film starring Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro. ... Meet the Fockers (2004) is a comedy film and a sequel to Meet the Parents starring Robert DeNiro and Ben Stiller. ... Robert De Niro Robert De Niro, Jr. ... Benjamin Edward Stiller (born November 30, 1965) is an Emmy-winning American comedian, actor, film producer and director. ...


Jay graduated in 1975 from Eldorado High School in Albuquerque. He's married to Susanna Hoffs, of The Bangles. with two sons This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Susanna Hoffs of the Bangles (2003 promo photo) Susanna Lee Hoffs (born January 17, 1959) is a vocalist and rhythm guitarist for the Bangles. ... For the jewelry item, see Bangle. ...


In 1994 he co-wrote with John Rice and Joe Batteer the film Blown Away starring Jeff Bridges and Tommy Lee Jones. He produced a 2005 movie based on Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy novel. // November 1 - George Lucas leaves the day-to-day operations of his filmmaking business and starts a sabbatical (while on sabbatical, he wrote the prequel Star Wars trilogy). ... Blown Away is a 1994 action film which was directed by Stephen Hopkins. ... Jeffrey Leon Bridges (born December 4, 1949 in Los Angeles, California) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor. ... For the musician, see Tommy Lee. ... Douglas Noël Adams (11 March 1952 – 11 May 2001) was an English author, comic radio dramatist, and musician. ... The cover of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, from a late 1990s US printing. ...


He is a good friend of directors Alexander Payne, Spike Jonze and David O. Russell. Constantine Alexander Payne (born February 10, 1961 in Omaha, Nebraska) is an American film director and screenwriter. ... Spike Jonze (born Adam Spiegel on October 22, 1969), is a American director of offbeat music videos and commercials, and an Academy Award-nominated director and producer in film and television, most notably the 1999 film Being John Malkovich and the 2002 film Adaptation. ... David O. Russell David Owen Russell (born 20 August 1958 in New York) is an American film director and screenwriter. ...


He was developing the science fiction comedy Used Guys with actors Jim Carrey, Emily Mortimer, and Ben Stiller, but the studio (20th Century Fox), cancelled the production due to budget concerns. Debbie Liebling, whom Roach has worked with numerous times, was the Fox executive on the project. Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... The word comedy has a classical meaning (comical theatre) and a popular one (the use of humor with an intent to provoke laughter in general). ... James Eugene Carrey (born January 17, 1962) is a two-time Golden Globe Award-winning Canadian-American A-list film actor and comedian. ... Emily Mortimer (born 1 December 1971) is an English actress. ... Benjamin Edward Stiller (born November 30, 1965) is an Emmy-winning American comedian, actor, film producer and director. ... Twentieth (20th) Century Fox Film Corporation (known from 1935 to 1985 as Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation) is one of the six major American film studios. ... This page may meet Wikipedia’s criteria for speedy deletion. ...


Selected filmography

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, directed by Jay Roach, is the first film of the Austin Powers series. ... Year 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar). ... Austin Powers: the Spy Who Shagged Me is the second film in the Austin Powers series started with Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery and continued in Austin Powers in Goldmember. ... Year 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar). ... Mystery, Alaska is a 1999 movie directed by Jay Roach. ... Year 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar). ... Meet the Parents is a 2000 comedy film starring Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Austin Powers in Goldmember, released in 2002, is the third film of the Austin Powers series starring Mike Myers in the title role. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Meet the Fockers (2004) is a comedy film and a sequel to Meet the Parents starring Robert DeNiro and Ben Stiller. ... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Brüno (full title alternately reported as Brüno: Delicious Journeys Through America for the Purpose of Making Heterosexual Males Visibly Uncomfortable in the Presence of a Gay Foreigner in a Mesh T-Shirt[1]) is a film based on a fictional television personality (Brüno) played by Sacha Baron... 2008 (MMVIII) will be a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Little Fockers is an upcoming comedy film and a sequel to Meet the Parents and Meet the Fockers. ... 2008 (MMVIII) will be a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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