JAY ROACH

'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.
Jay graduated in 1975 from Eldorado High School in Albuquerque. He's married to Susanna Hoffs, of The Bangles. with two sons
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.
He is a good friend of directors Alexander Payne, Spike Jonze and David O. Russell.
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.

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Selected filmography
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Selected filmography



★ '' (1997)

★ '' (1999)

★ ''Mystery, Alaska'' (1999)

★ ''Meet the Parents'' (2000)

★ ''Austin Powers in Goldmember'' (2002)

★ ''Meet the Fockers'' (2004)

★ '' (2006) (producer)

★ ''Brüno (2008) (producer)

★ ''Little Fockers (2008)

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