Roger Nygard
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28 March 1962 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States |
| Occupation | Film director, producer, writer, actor |
Roger Nygard is a film director and producer. As a director he has worked on Tales of the Unknown (1990), High Strung (1991), Back to Back (1996), Trekkies (1997), and Suckers (2001). He also directed Grief Councelling which was an episode from the American television comedy series The Office.
Nygard was born on March 28, 1962 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His introduction into film making started at the age of seven when he found his father's 8mm camera. It had half a film roll left and with it he shot his first film.
Nygard directed Trekkies which was released in 1997, and its follow up Trekkies 2 some years later. He directed Suckers, a film which along with Joe Yannetty, he co-wrote the story for. The film was a 2001 Video Premiere Award Winner in the Screenplay category. It was also an award winner in the "Special Jury Artistic Merit Award" category, at the 2000 Cinequest Film Festival.
He directed and produced the 2010 documentary The Nature of Existence which was described by The Hollywood Reporter as "his earnest attempt to find meaning in the universe". He spent four years travelling the world, conducting 175 interviews with an assortment of people from different backgrounds. Editing from bout 450 hours of footage was used for the final product.
In 2013, Nygard entered into a deal with Country Music Television to film a reality show pilot episode which would feature the family of Brother Jed an evangelist. Nygard first saw him preach at the University of Minnesota when he was attending the college.
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