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Four-time Emmy ® award-winning director and producer, Jay Roach, will receive the Cinema Audio Society Filmmaker Award at the 52nd Annual CAS Awards on February 20, at the historic Millennium-Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. "Jay has invited us to think and laugh as a storyteller and filmmaker," said CAS President Mark Ulano, who had the good fortune to work together with Roach on Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery. "As a director, writer, and producer, Jay is a proven triple talent in the entertainment world, and we are honored to present him with the CAS Filmmaker Award." Born and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Roach graduated with an economics degree from Stanford University in 1980 and later went on to receive his masters degree in film production from the University of Southern California in 1986. Roach was awarded a total of four Emmys for his direct- ing on the made-for-television movies Recount in 2008 and Game Change in 2012. He is also the director of the recently released Trumbo, starring Bryan Cranston as Dalton Trumbo, one of Hollywood's blacklisted screenwriters in the 1940s. The film stars Elle Fanning, Helen Mirren, and Diane Lane. Additionally, Roach is known for direct- ing movies such as Meet the Parents, Meet the Fockers, the Austin Powers trilogy, and The Campaign. Along with directing, Roach has also spent time as a producer on a number of movies including 50 First Dates, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Borat, and Little Fockers. As a producer, his latest film, Sisters, stars Amy Poehler and Tina Fey as two sisters who throw one last house party before their parents sell their childhood home. Roach will be the 11th CAS Filmmaker honoree. Past honorees have been: Quentin Tarantino, Gil Cates, Bill Condon, Paul Mazursky, Henry Selick, Taylor Hackford, Rob Marshall, Jonathan Demme, Edward Zwick, and Richard Linklater. • Jay Roach to Receive the CAS Filmmaker Award b y D o r o t h e a S a r g e n t F Four-time Emmy F Four-time Emmy Jay Roach, will receive the Cinema Audio Society Filmmaker F Jay Roach, will receive the Cinema Audio Society Filmmaker Award at the 52nd Annual CAS Awards on February 20, at F Award at the 52nd Annual CAS Awards on February 20, at the historic Millennium-Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. F the historic Millennium-Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. "Jay has invited us to think and laugh as a storyteller F "Jay has invited us to think and laugh as a storyteller and filmmaker," said CAS President Mark Ulano, who had F and filmmaker," said CAS President Mark Ulano, who had F Trumbo (2015) Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997) Jay Roach directing Robert De Niro and Teri Polo in Meet the Parents (2000) Recount (2008) Sisters (2015)