Roger Avary Biography (1965-)

Original name, Franklin Brauner; born August 23, 1965, in Flin Flon, Manitoba, Canada; son of Edwin Roberts and Brigitte (maiden name, Bruninghaus) Avary;married; wife`s name, Gretchen; children: Gala Blue. Addresses: Agent: Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212-1804.

Nationality: Canadian
Gender: Male
Occupation: Writer, director, producer, cinematographer
Birth Details: August 23, 1965; Flin Flon, Manitoba, Canada

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Work
Director and producer, The Worm Turns, 1983
Production assistant, Maximum Potential (also known as Dolph Lundgreen: Maximum Potential), 1987
Cinematographer, My Best Friend's Birthday, 1987
(As Roger Roberts Avary) Director, Killing Zoe, October Films, 1994
Executive producer, Boogie Boy, Sterling, 1998
Executive producer, The Last Man, 2000
Director and executive producer, The Rules of Attraction (also known as Die Regeln des Spiels), Lions Gate Films, 2002
Director, producer, cinematographer, and editor, Glitterati, RogerAvary, 2004
Director, Glamorama, Lions Gate Films, 2005
Film Appearances
(As Yrava Regor) 13th Morningside Volunteer Infantryman, Phantasm IV:Oblivion (also known as Phantasm IV, Phantasm IV: Infinity,and Phantasm: oblIVion), 1998
Fraklin Brauner, Standing Still, Rice/Walters, 2004
Television Work
Movies
Executive producer and director, Mr. Stitch, Sci-Fi Channel, 1996
Television Producer
Pilots
Odd Jobs, NBC, 1997
Television Appearances

Specials
The 67th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1995
Episodic
Appeared in "The Rules of Attraction," Anatomy of a Scene, Sundance Channel.
RECORDINGS
Music Videos
Director, "The Whole World Lost Its Head," The Go Go's, 1994
WRITINGS
Screenplays
The Worm Turns, 1983
99 Days, 1991
(With Mario Puzo) The Lorch Team, 1992
(And creator, with Quentin Tarantino) Background dialogue, Reservoir Dogs, Miramax, 1992
(Uncredited) True Romance (also known as Breakaway), WarnerBros., 1993
(As Roger Roberts Avary) Killing Zoe, October Films, 1994
(With Tarantino) Pulp Fiction, Miramax, 1994
(Uncredited) Crying Freeman, 1995
Hatchetman, 1995
(Uncredited) RPM, 1998
The Rules of Attraction (adaptation of the novel of the same titleby Brett Easton Ellis; also known as Die Regeln des Spiels), Lions Gate Films, 2002
Glitterati, Roger Avary, 2004
Glamorama (adaptation of the novel by Ellis), Lions Gate Films, 2005
Rewrite, Lords of Dogtown, Sony Pictures Releasing, 2005
Television Movies
Mr. Stitch, Sci-Fi Channel, 1996
Television Pilots
Odd Jobs, NBC, 1997
Children's Fiction
Marshall's Dreams, 1991

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

The Washington Post, October 12, 2002, pp. C1 and C3

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