Roger Ambrose (also credited as Roger C. Ambrose) is an American Art Director and Production Designer in the television and film industry. Born in Hollywood, California on September 21, 1955 - (the same year Walt Disney opened the Disneyland theme park in Anaheim, California). Ambrose is a true member of the baby boom generation and has become an innovative and creative artist with a wide range of looks, styles, and experience in the art of production design and art direction. With over 25 years of professional experience, he has focused his entire academic and professional endeavors in one area of expertise, the Art Department, always bringing "Production Value to the Screen" on every project he has been associated with. To his credit, he has designed hundreds "sets" for theatre, television, commercials, films, as well as music videos, internet broadcasts, concerts and convention exhibits. Also creating designs for "theme events" like the Grand Opening of the "New" Old Globe Theatre in San Diego and for the Ronald McDonald House foundation at the Pacific Design Center in Los Angeles Having grown up in the shadows of Hollywood and Disneyland, in San Gabriel, California, he was greatly influenced by the "Entertainment Industry" and "The Wonderful World of Disney" along with the plethora of theatre venues and the rapidly expanding television/communications field in Southern California. After graduating from San Gabriel High School (SGHS), under the training / guidance of Dennis Reed and R.O.Wilson, he pursued a Double Major -Bachelor of Science Degree from both the School of Theatre Arts and the Television / Film Department at San Diego State University (SDSU). Both disciplines were with an emphasis in "Design for TV & Film" He began his career in the early 1980s, as a starving artist in the San Diego market and art directed the campy cult classic Return of the Killer Tomatoes starring George Clooney. He was the first official intern for San Diego Film Commissioner Wally Schlotter before graduating to Hollywood as staff Art Director for the Arthur Company (MCA), located at the original and historic Desilu Studios and then onto the Universal Studio back lot. As staff Art Director, he designed and supervised over 250 episodes for the Turner Broadcasting original sitcom series: "Down to Earth", "Rocky Road" and "Safe at Home" along with designing the sets for "The O'Briens" with Darren McGavin, "Around the Bend" with Heather O'Rourke, "Comedy Challenge" hosted by Ray Combs and the Arthur Company original pilot of "Ace Diamond Private Eye" starring Adam West from the original 60s Batman series. Additional TV Sitcom and Series included: "The Steven Banks Show" the first original sitcom ever produced and run by PBS, Brandon Tartikoff's "Best Defense" pilot for ABC, "King's Pawn" starring James Avery , "Knock Out" with Lou Rawls, and "Driving Me Crazy" featuring Rance Howard (father of Ron Howard). He was hired by Michael Nesmith (of the 60s The Monkees TV series) and director Bill Dear as their art director on the original comedy program "Television Parts with Michael Nesmith" on NBC. In the Music Video arena he collaborated, as Art Director, with many talented directors of the MTV generation; (like Joseph Kahn, Paul Hunter and many others) creating numerous Award Winning and ground breaking Music Videos for Aaliyah, Erykah Badu, Changing Faces, 702, Total, New Edition, Johnny Gill, Montell Jordan, Shaquille O'Neal, Heavy D, John Oates, Warren G, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Lionel Richie, Sean Combs aka "Puff Daddy", Vince Gill and Barbra Streisand. Television pilots, feature films, national commercials as well as the all consuming "infomercials" are also a part of his art department palette of experience. From Jason Alexander's "The Whitey Show" starring Michael McKean (Studios USA/MTV), and Sean Young's Indie film "Hollywoodland", to "Conan the Adventurer" the series and most recently Paramount Television's "Dance 360" series, Ambrose has traversed a wide gambit of production design work and art department credits over his unique and varied career. His set designs have also added production value to the Fitness Video market with his work on several "Billy Blanks TaeBo" videos, "The Firm", "Crunch Fitness" on ESPN, "Paula Abdul's Cardio Dance", "Winsor Pilates" with Daisy Fuentes, Gunnar Peterson's "Core Secrets" with Brooke Burke as well as "Buns of Steel" video series. He has helped to "brand" many health and fitness video products for top producer/director Andrea Ambandos and Dragonfly Productions.
In Los Angeles, a serial-killer with unknown identity is slaughtering clients in convenience stores. He steals the surveillance tapes and the police department offers a US$ 500,000 reward for him. In a trashy convenience store, the owner Steve, his clients, phone sex worker Mona, and the whore Jess, his employee Donny Donut and his junky nephew Jimmy discuss with the carrier Morty what they would do with the serial-killer if they caught him. Out of the blue, they are attacked by a masked killer during a night of terror.