Michael Roesch (born April 24, 1974) is a

film director A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that Goal, vision. The director has a key role ...

, film producer and

screenwriter A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwriting. These can include short films, feature-length films, television programs, television ...

. He collaborates on his movies with fellow

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Peter Scheerer. A movie aficionado since he was a kid, Michael Roesch started shooting short 8 mm movies at age 12. While Roesch was at college, he worked as a film journalist for several newspapers and magazines. Later he started together with his writing partner Peter Scheerer a successful career as a screenwriter, and worked in various production capacities. Among their screenwriting credits are ''

Alone in the Dark ''Alone in the Dark'' is a survival horror video game series originally developed by Infogrames. In most of the games, the player controls private investigator Edward Carnby, who goes to investigate a haunted house or town that is full of undea ...

'', '' House of the Dead 2'' and ''

Far Cry ''Far Cry'' is an anthology franchise of first-person shooter games published by Ubisoft. The first game, '' Far Cry'', was developed by Crytek to premiere their CryEngine software, and released in March 2004. Subsequently, Ubisoft obtained ...

''. In

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Roesch and Scheerer directed their first feature, the vampire thriller ''

Brotherhood of Blood ''Brotherhood of Blood'' is a 2007 American-German horror film, starring Victoria Pratt, Sid Haig, Jason Connery, and Ken Foree, directed by Peter Scheerer and Michael Roesch. The film was shot in 12 days. It had its world premiere at the Sitge ...

'', starring

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Sid Haig Sidney Eddie Mosesian (July 14, 1939 – September 21, 2019), known professionally as Sid Haig, was an American actor. He was known for his appearances in horror films, most notably his role as Captain Spaulding in the Rob Zombie films '' House ...

and

Ken Foree Ken Foree (born February 29, 1948) is an American actor, best known as the protagonist Peter from the horror film '' Dawn of the Dead'' (1978) and as Roger Rockmore on the Nickelodeon television sitcom '' Kenan & Kel'' (1996–2000). Early life ...

. The movie had its world premiere at the prestigious

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in Sitges, Spain in October 2007. In the US and Canada, Sam Raimi´s label Ghosthouse Underground acquired the movie, and released it through Lionsgate. In 2007 Roesch and Scheerer directed '' Alone in the Dark II'', starring

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and

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. It is a sequel to the 2005 film ''

''. Among Roesch´s recent work as a producer is ''

Prisoners of the Sun ''Prisoners of the Sun'' () is the fourteenth volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The story was serialised weekly in the newly established ''Tintin'' magazine from September 1946 to April 1 ...

'', directed by Academy Award winner Roger Christian and starring

John Rhys-Davies John Rhys-Davies (born 5 May 1944) is a Welsh actor known for portraying Gimli (Middle-earth), Gimli in The Lord of the Rings (film series), ''The Lord of the Rings'' trilogy and Sallah in the ''Indiana Jones'' franchise. He has received three ...

and

Carmen Chaplin Carmen Chaplin (born ) is an English and Irish actress and film director. Carmen is the daughter of Michael Chaplin, granddaughter of Charlie Chaplin, and great-granddaughter of American playwright Eugene O'Neill. Her mother is the British-Iris ...

Filmography

*'' Birds of a Feather'' (2019) (associate producer) *''Female Fight Club'' (2016) (co-executive producer) *'' Viy'' (2014) (co-executive producer) *''

'' (2013) (co-producer) *'' BloodRayne: The Third Reich'' (2011) (associate producer) *''

Blubberella ''Blubberella'' is a 2011 German exploitation comedy film written and directed by Uwe Boll. The plot is about an obese dhampir superhero, set in German-occupied Europe. The entire film is a scene-for-scene spoof of '' BloodRayne: The Third Rei ...

'' (2011) (associate producer) *'' Alone in the Dark II'' (2008) (director, screenwriter) *''

'' (2007) (screenwriter) *''

In the Name of the King ''In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale'' (also known as ''Dungeon Siege: In the Name of the King'' or simply ''In the Name of the King'') is a 2007 English-language fantasy action film directed by Uwe Boll and starring Jason Statham, C ...

'' (2007) (associate producer) *''

'' (2006) (director, screenwriter) *''

BloodRayne ''BloodRayne'' is a media franchise that originated with an action-adventure video game series originally developed by Terminal Reality and published by Majesco Entertainment which began with the game of the same name in 2002. The franchise ...

'' (2006) (associate producer) *'' House of the Dead 2'' (2005) (screenwriter) *''

'' (2005) (screenwriter) *'' House of the Dead'' (2003) (co-executive producer)

References

External links

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Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Roesch, Michael 1974 births Living people American horror film directors American film producers Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American screenwriters American male screenwriters