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. Read full biography of Jay Roach →
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... →
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... →
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... →
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.'... →
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... →
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... →
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... →
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... →
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... →
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... →
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... →
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... →
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... →
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.