Roger Lay

Background

About Roger Lay

Roger Lay, Jr. studied film and television production at the University of South­ern California’s School of Cinema-Television, and The Los Angeles Film School. He began his career working for the production staff of the hit television series, Everybody Loves Raymond. His producing credits include: HBO/ThinkFilm’s 95 Miles To Go starring Ray Romano, as well as the Sci-Fi Feature, Chrysalis, based on the short story by internationally acclaimed author Ray Bradbury, which won the Best Feature Award at the International Horror and Science Fiction Film Festival. He has served as a segment producer for the annual Los Angeles Holiday Celebration on PBS, and has produced and directed music videos and promotional pieces for such clients as SONY/BMG, Uni­ver­sal Music Latin, Warner Music Latin, Manhattan Regional Center, Hershey's, Broadway 4D Theaters, CBS Home Entertainment and CBS Consumer Products. Roger has also produced DVD releases for the classic television series, Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future, and Skeleton Warriors. He is currently working on the Blu-Ray production team for CBS Home Entertainment's highly anticipated release of Star Trek: The Next Generation in high def­in­ition. As part of this project, Roger is producing and directing a ser­ies of all-new feature-length documentaries on the making and legacy of the iconic television series, as well as the new CBS cast reunion special Reunification - 25 Years After Star Trek: The Next Generation. Roger is a contributing writer for The New Ray Bradbury Review (Kent State Press) and the director of the upcoming film Toy Masters. In 2011 he joined the Goddard Group, heading up the com­pany’s newly formed Film and Television production division. He is also the co-executive producer of the upcoming Captain Power reboot series Phoenix Rising.