Michael Roesch (born April 24, 1974) is a film director, film producer and screenwriter. He collaborates on his movies with fellow

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Peter Scheerer Peter Scheerer (born 16 December 1973) is a German film director, film producer and screenwriter. He collaborates on his movies with fellow filmmaker Michael Roesch. A film fan since his early childhood, Scheerer started shooting short 8 mm mo ...

. 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

a successful career as a screenwriter, and worked in various production capacities. Among their screenwriting credits are '' Alone in the Dark'', ''

House of the Dead 2 is a horror-themed light gun shooter arcade game and the second game in '' The House of the Dead'' series of video games. The direct sequel to '' The House of the Dead'', it was developed by Sega for arcades on the Sega NAOMI board in Novembe ...

'' and ''

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

''. In 2006 Roesch and Scheerer directed their first feature, the vampire thriller ''

Brotherhood of Blood ''Brotherhood of Blood'' is a 2007 American-German horror film, starring Jason Connery, Victoria Pratt, Sid Haig and Ken Foree, directed by Peter Scheerer and Michael Roesch. The movie had its world premiere at the prestigious Sitges Film ...

'', starring

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, Sid Haig and

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. The movie had its world premiere at the prestigious Sitges Film Festival 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

Rick Yune Rick Yune (born August 22, 1971) is an American actor, screenwriter, producer and martial artist of Korean descent. His most notable roles have been in the movies ''Snow Falling on Cedars'', the first '' Fast and Furious'' film ''The Fast an ...

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and

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. It is a sequel to the 2005 film '' Alone in the Dark''. Among Roesch´s recent work as a producer is ''

Prisoners of the Sun ''Prisoners of the Sun'' (french: link=no, Le Temple du Soleil) is the fourteenth volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The story was Serial (literature), serialised weekly in the newly establ ...

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

John Rhys-Davies John Rhys-Davies (born 5 May 1944) is a Welsh actor best known for portraying Sallah in the ''Indiana Jones'' franchise and Gimli in ''The Lord of the Rings'' trilogy. His other roles include Michael Malone in the 1993 series ''The Untouch ...

and

Carmen Chaplin Carmen Chaplin is a British/Irish actress and film director.Carmen Chaplin on the web ...

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'', or simply ''In the Name of the King'', is a 2007 action-fantasy film directed by Uwe Boll and starring Jason Statham, Claire Forlani, Leelee Sobieski, John Rhys-Davies, Ron Perlman and Ray L ...

'' (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) *''

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

References

External links

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