Mathew Jay Roach (born June 14, 1957) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for directing the ''Austin Powers'' film series, '' Meet the Parents'', '' Dinner for Schmucks'', '' The Campaign'', '' Trumbo'', and '' Bombshell''. Roach also earned critical acclaim for directing and producing the political drama films '' Recount'', ''

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''. He produced these films under his Everyman Pictures banner. For his work, he has received four Primetime Emmy Awards from six nominations.

Early life and education

Roach was born and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where his father was a military worker. He graduated from Eldorado High School in 1975. He received a BA in economics from Stanford University in 1980 and later earned a Master of Fine Arts in film production from the University of Southern California in 1986.

Career

Roach made his directorial debut with the 1990 comedy film ''Zoo Radio''. He received recognition for the commercially successful spy comedy film '' Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery'' (1997), starring

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as the

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. He returned to direct the sequels '' Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me'' (1999) and ''

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'' (2002). Roach also directed the sports comedy-drama film '' Mystery, Alaska'', which was released in October 1999. He continued to direct critically and commercially successful comedies, including '' Meet the Parents'' (2000) and its sequel '' Meet the Fockers'' (2004), '' Dinner for Schmucks'' (2010), and '' The Campaign'' (2012). Roach expanded into other genres, directing the biographical period drama '' Trumbo'' (2015) and the biographical drama '' Bombshell'' (2019), which earned multiple

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nominations. Roach earned critical acclaim for directing multiple HBO political drama films. He directed '' Recount'' (2008), which earned him two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special and Outstanding Television Movie, in addition to the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Miniseries or TV Film. He then directed ''

'', about the 2008 McCain/Palin campaign, which premiered March 2012 as one of the most watched films in HBO history. The film earned him additional Primetime Emmy Awards in the same categories as well as the

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and a Peabody Award. He also directed ''

'', which premiered in May 2016 and earned Roach two more Primetime Emmy Award nominations in the same categories.

Personal life

Roach is married to musician and actress Susanna Hoffs of

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, with whom he has two sons. Roach was raised a Southern Baptist and converted to Judaism before marrying Hoffs.

Filmography

Film

Producer only * '' The Empty Mirror'' (1996) * '' 50 First Dates'' (2004) (Executive producer) * ''

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'' (2005) * ''

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'' (2006) * '' Charlie Bartlett'' (2007) * '' Smother'' (2008) * '' Brüno'' (2009) * ''

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'' (2010) * ''

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'' (2015) * '' Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House'' (2017)

Television

TV series TV movies

Awards and nominations

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