10 Facts About Roger Avary

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Roger Roberts Avary was born on August 23,1965 and is a Canadian-American film and television director, screenwriter, and producer.

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Roger Avary collaborated with Quentin Tarantino on Pulp Fiction, for which they won Best Original Screenplay at the 67th Academy Awards.

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In 2022, Roger Avary reunited with Quentin Tarantino to launch a podcast called The Video Archives Podcast.

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In 2002, Roger Avary directed the film adaptation for The Rules of Attraction, based on Bret Easton Ellis' novel, which he executive produced.

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Roger Avary became a spokesperson for Final Cut Pro product, appearing in Apple print and web ads worldwide.

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In 2006, Roger Avary wrote a screenplay adaptation to the Konami video game, Silent Hill, with French director and friend, Christophe Gans, and Killing Zoe producer Samuel Hadida.

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In September 2017 Roger Avary directed his own screenplay, Lucky Day, a semi-sequel of Killing Zoe.

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On January 13,2008, Roger Avary was arrested under suspicion of manslaughter and DUI, following a car crash in Ojai, California, where a passenger, Andreas Zini, was killed.

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Roger Avary changed his plea to guilty on August 18,2009.

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However, after making several tweets about the conditions of his stay on Twitter, Roger Avary was sent to Ventura County Jail to serve out the remainder of his term.