Mathew Jay Roach

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Mathew Jay Roach Wiki Biography

Jay Roach was born on June 14, 1957 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA as Mathew Jay Roach. He is a producer and director, known for Meet the Parents (2000), Meet the Fockers (2004) and Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999). He has been married to Susanna Hoffs since April 17, 1993. They have two children. IMDB Wikipedia $90 Million 1957 1957-6-14 6′ 0½” (1.84 m) Albuquerque Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997) Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) Director Gemini Jay Roach Net Worth June 14 Mathew Jay Roach Meet the Fockers (2004) Meet the Parents (2000) New Mexico producer Stanford University Susanna Hoffs U.S. Writer

Mathew Jay Roach Quick Info

Full Name Jay Roach
Net Worth $90 Million
Date Of Birth June 14, 1957
Place Of Birth Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.
Height 6′ 0½” (1.84 m)
Profession Producer, Director, Writer
Education Stanford University
Nationality American
Spouse Susanna Hoffs
Children Jackson Roach, Sam Rayfield Roach
IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005366
Awards Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries or Movie, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie or Dramatic Special, Producers Guild of America Award – David L. Wolper Producer of the Year Award in Long-Form …
Movies Trumbo, Meet the Parents, All the Way, Meet the Fockers, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, Game Change, The Campaign, Dinner for Schmucks, Austin Powers in Goldmember, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, Recount, Mystery, Alaska, Little Fockers, Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for…

Mathew Jay Roach Trademarks

  1. Often uses a chaotic breakfast, lunch or dinner scene

Mathew Jay Roach Quotes

  • [on “Meet the Parents”] But I was trying to have in a kind of forties-farce way, the opportunity to create realistic characters, but heighten the comedic situations and predicaments a bit so that they’re still very funny and there is still some very broad humor, but you would connect to the characters and completely identify with Ben Stiller’s anxiety about not only meeting Robert De Niro’s character and all, but the kind of characters from his past that come with him.
  • We had to do the same thing here. To top that sequel was quite a task. Mike had a couple of good conceptual humour and character ideas, which got me back into it.
  • You could get in rehearsals, pre-production, anything that would actually contribute to the understanding of how a film gets made. I actually find those things increase people’s interest in a movie and like that better than worrying about showing the tricks behind the curtain.
  • Sometimes I would like the opportunity to do character-driven comedy and that’s really what I was trying to do in Meet The Parents. I think in a way this is a more old fashioned type of comedy.
  • The DVD does make it a little easier for myself to trim things that are otherwise very difficult to let loose of – knowing that they’ll make it on the DVD.
  • The commentary track became a lot like the movie and there are some funny, long, awkward pauses that you can tell we’re just trying to find stuff to say. None of us had gotten to really talk about the movie until that moment and they were in New York and we were in L.A.
  • We collaborate on everything. I’m involved in the writing and pre-production. There’s a whole bunch of people who keep in touch at every step about everything.
  • The success of the second ‘Austin Powers’ caught us by surprise a little bit. We had decided not to do even a second one, unless the audience wanted it and we could do something better.
  • I’m not one of these directors, so far, that wants to have a whole separate director’s cut of these things. So far they’ve turned out to be kind of the length that they wanted to be.
  • I learn so much from watching films like that with commentary and then when you get to hear another filmmaker talk about their films it’s a really great experience.
  • I figure if it’s turns out well the film will have its own momentum and will carry into the video release. So it’s hard to really picture the DVD version when I’m in production.
  • I really enjoy the consolation when I’m having to cut loose stuff I love, of saying ‘Well, at least it will make it onto DVD.’ There’s a couple of scenes which I liked very much, but couldn’t fit them into the film that are on there.
  • It was an interesting process trying to get Bob to talk about the film because he’s such a shy person. He generally likes to talk when he really knows he has something to say.
  • But I always reassure them that as far as my contractual rights can go, I will protect them and make sure that they have approval over every bit of it so that they know I won’t show something that’s embarrassing.
  • I’ve recently enjoyed the Paul Thomas Anderson commentaries and the David Fincher commentaries.
  • But I couldn’t cut that whole septic tank scene out because the audience liked it so much. So I sort of fell right back into getting a cheap laugh, but I still loved it.
  • I’m developing some other things in other genres, including one dramatic piece. So, anything’s possible.
  • I do love DVD and I’ve always taken them seriously. You know, on the Austin things, we really put a ton of work into them because there’s so much design involved. And in this one, we thought a lot about it and what could go in.
  • My biggest role as director on the film is keeping a sense of the overview – how to cast the movie and shoot it in such a way that it will cut together. And how to design the style and tone.
  • As long as we, again, kind of keep earning the sequels with material and I’m confident Mike can, I’m in. You know I always want to do those. But I also want to keep going in some of the direction as Meet the Parents has.
  • I love making people laugh. It’s an addiction and it’s probably dysfunctional, but I am addicted to it and there’s no greater pleasure for me than sitting in a theater and feeling a lot of people losing control of themselves.
  • I think sequels should be earned and we won’t do it unless the script is better than the first one.
  • I hope we’re all kind of influencing each other now to keep the quality up on those things. They seem to be getting better and better and better as there’s not only sort of a film geek audience, there’s also a general interest in the overall film consuming population.
  • Because I actually find the next take after they’ve controlled it a little bit and repressed the laughter is actually a really interesting take, because that’s still going on underneath the surface. That struggle to maintain composure becomes part of the joy of the scene.
  • On the other track I got to talk with Jon Poll, my editor, and we go into more detail about the decisions we made in both the production and the post-production. So I hope the combination becomes something worth collecting.
  • My favorite laser disk ever was the laser disk for The Graduate, which had a commentary track that wasn’t even the filmmakers, it was a professor, some film criticism guy who just happen to be this amazing commentator who went off into the whole theory of comedy.
  • When I’m shooting, really the audience I’m thinking the hardest about is that first test screening audience who I want to like the film and that first opening weekend audience.
  • I think we’ll all keep pushing each other, which is a great thing.
  • Why comedies can’t have as big budgets as action films is a long story, but evidently they can’t.

Mathew Jay Roach Important Facts

  • $10,000,000
  • Directed 1 actor to an Oscar nomination: Bryan Cranston, who is nominated for Best Actor for Trumbo (2015).
  • Directed one Oscar nominated performance: Bryan Cranston in Trumbo (2015).
  • A huge fan of Elia Kazan’s 1957 political classic A Face in the Crowd (1957), which he carefully analyzed before making Game Change (2012) for HBO in 2012.
  • Brother-in-law of John Hoffs and Jesse Hoffs.
  • Son-in-law of Tamar Simon Hoffs.
  • Member of the Jury for AFI Awards For Motion Pictures 2005
  • Was originally going to direct 50 First Dates (2004) with Adam Sandler but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts.
  • Among the many projects he is attached to direct are, “Austin Powers 4”, which is in development with Mike Myers. “Used Guys” with Ben Stiller and Jim Carrey. “The Party”, a remake of the Peter Sellers comedy. Among other projects.
  • Graduate of Stanford University.
  • Signed to direct The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (2005) feature movie, adapted from the novels by late sci-fi comedy author Douglas Adams, but has pulled out due to scheduling conflicts with Meet the Fockers (2004).
  • Graduated from USC School of Cinema-Television (1986)

Mathew Jay Roach Filmography

Title Year Status Character Role
Felt 2017 producer post-production Producer
All the Way 2016 TV Movie executive producer Producer
Sisters 2015/III producer Producer
Trumbo 2015 producer – uncredited Producer
The Brink 2015 TV Series executive producer – 10 episodes Producer
The Campaign 2012 producer Producer
Game Change 2012 TV Movie executive producer Producer
Little Fockers 2010 producer Producer
Dinner for Schmucks 2010 producer Producer
Brüno 2009 producer Producer
Recount 2008 TV Movie executive producer Producer
Smother 2008/II producer Producer
Charlie Bartlett 2007 producer Producer
Reel Comedy 2006 TV Series producer – 1 episode Producer
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan 2006 producer Producer
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy 2005 producer Producer
Meet the Fockers 2004 producer Producer
American Candidate 2004 TV Series executive producer Producer
50 First Dates 2004 executive producer Producer
Meet the Parents 2000 producer Producer
The Empty Mirror 1996 producer Producer
Blown Away 1994 associate producer Producer
Lifepod 1993 TV Movie co-producer – as M. Jay Roach Producer
Space Rangers 1993 TV Series co-producer – 1 episode Producer
All the Way 2016 TV Movie Director
Trumbo 2015 Director
The Brink 2015 TV Series 1 episode Director
The Campaign 2012 Director
Game Change 2012 TV Movie Director
Dinner for Schmucks 2010 Director
Recount 2008 TV Movie Director
Earth to America 2005 TV Movie Director
Meet the Fockers 2004 Director
Austin Powers in Goldmember 2002 Director
Meet the Parents 2000 Director
Mystery, Alaska 1999 Director
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me 1999 Director
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery 1997 Director
Zoo Radio 1990 as M. Jay Roach Director
Poltergeist: The Legacy 1997 TV Series story – 1 episode Writer
Blown Away 1994 story – as M. Jay Roach Writer
Lifepod 1993 TV Movie teleplay – as M. Jay Roach Writer
Space Rangers 1993 TV Series teleplay – 1 episode Writer
Jack and Jude 2006 Video short Cinematographer
Sound of Peace 1997 Short Cinematographer
Tales of the Unknown 1990 ‘The Big Garage’ Cinematographer
Odyssey 1986 Short as M. Jay Roach Cinematographer
A Gnome Named Gnorm 1990 camera operator: “b” camera, second unit Camera Department
Zombie High 1987 camera operator Camera Department
Bryan Blue Show 2015 TV Series Actor
The Brothers Grimsby 2016 special thanks Thanks
The Dictator 2012 special thanks Thanks
Friends with Kids 2011 thanks Thanks
The Biggest Schmucks in the World 2011 Video short special thanks Thanks
Pound of Flesh 2010 special thanks Thanks
Extra Ordinary Barry 2008 extra especially special thanks Thanks
Then She Found Me 2007 thanks Thanks
First Snow 2006 special thanks Thanks
The Station Agent 2003 special thanks Thanks
PoliticKING with Larry King 2016 TV Series Himself – Guest Self
Larry King Now 2016 TV Series Himself – Guest Self
Last Call with Carson Daly 2016 TV Series Himself Self
PBS NewsHour 2015 TV Series Himself Self
Made in Hollywood 2010-2015 TV Series Himself Self
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Steve Martin 2015 TV Special Himself (uncredited) Self
The Sixties 2014 TV Mini-Series documentary Himself – Director, Game Change / Himself – Director, Austin Powers Self
70th Golden Globe Awards 2013 TV Special Himself – Nominee (uncredited) Self
The American Cinematheque Tribute to Ben Stiller 2012 TV Movie Himself Self
The 64th Primetime Emmy Awards 2012 TV Special Himself – Winner: Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special and Co-Winner: Outstanding Miniseries or Movie Self
The Hollywood Fast Lane 2012 TV Series Himself – Interviewee Self
Up Close with Carrie Keagan 2012 TV Series Himself Self
Charlie Rose 2010-2012 TV Series Himself – Guest Self
Tavis Smiley 2005-2012 TV Series Himself Self
MSN Exclusives 2012 TV Series Himself (2013) Self
Hollywood’s Best Film Directors 2012 TV Series Himself – Interviewee / Film Director Self
The Biggest Schmucks in the World 2011 Video short Himself Self
The 60th Primetime Emmy Awards 2008 TV Special Himself – Winner: Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special Self
Shootout 2007-2008 TV Series Himself Self
New Heroes of Comedy 2008 TV Series documentary Himself Self
Greatest Ever Comedy Movies 2006 TV Movie Himself Self
Greatest Ever Blockbuster Movies 2006 TV Movie documentary Himself Self
Inside the Litter Box: Behind the Scenes with Jinx the Cat 2005 Video short Himself Self
Meet the Fockers: The Manary Gland 2005 Video short Himself Self
Meet the Parents: Behind the Scenes 2004 Video short Himself Self
Tribeca Film Festival Presents 2003 TV Movie documentary Himself Self
The World of Austin Powers 2002 Video documentary short Himself Self
Spotlight on Location: Meet the Parents 2001 Video documentary short Himself Self
The 27th Annual People’s Choice Awards 2001 TV Special Himself Self
MADtv 2000 TV Series Himself Self
Behind the Scenes of ‘Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me’ 1999 Video documentary short Himself – Director Self
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’ 2005 Video documentary Himself Archive Footage

Mathew Jay Roach Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie Category
2016 Filmmaker Award Cinema Audio Society, USA Won
2013 DGA Award Directors Guild of America, USA Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Mini-Series Game Change (2012) Won
2013 PGA Award PGA Awards Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television Game Change (2012) Won
2012 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special Game Change (2012) Won
2012 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Miniseries or Movie Game Change (2012) Won
2010 Special Award ShoWest Convention, USA Comedy Director of the Decade Won
2009 DGA Award Directors Guild of America, USA Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television/Miniseries Recount (2008) Won
2008 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special Recount (2008) Won
2008 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Made for Television Movie Recount (2008) Won
2016 Filmmaker Award Cinema Audio Society, USA Nominated
2013 DGA Award Directors Guild of America, USA Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Mini-Series Game Change (2012) Nominated
2013 PGA Award PGA Awards Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television Game Change (2012) Nominated
2012 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special Game Change (2012) Nominated
2012 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Miniseries or Movie Game Change (2012) Nominated
2010 Special Award ShoWest Convention, USA Comedy Director of the Decade Nominated
2009 DGA Award Directors Guild of America, USA Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television/Miniseries Recount (2008) Nominated
2008 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special Recount (2008) Nominated
2008 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Made for Television Movie Recount (2008) Nominated