Roger Nygard


Roger Nygard is a film director and producer. As a director he has worked on Tales of the Unknown , High Strung, Back to Back, Trekkies, and Suckers. He also directed Grief Counseling, an episode from the American television comedy series The Office.
His work as a film editor includes Emmy-nominated episodes The Table Read, an episode from the American television comedy series Curb Your Enthusiasm and Chicklet, an episode from the American television comedy series Veep and Episode 102, an episode from the American television comedy series Who Is America?.

Background

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.

Career

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 traveling 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.
He produced the 2020 documentary The Truth About Marriage which was accompanied by a companion book. The Cinequest Film Festival called the film "...a powerful documentary steeped in philosophy, history, and psychology...."

Filmography (selective)

TitleYearNotes #
Tales of the Unknown
1990
High Strung1991
Back to Back1996
Trekkies1997Documentary
Suckers2001
Trekkies 2 2004Documentary
CreepTales
2004
The Nature of Existence2010Documentary
The Relationship Doctrine of Don Blanquito2012Documentary
The Truth About Marriage2020Documentary