Peter Scheerer (born 16 December 1973) is a German

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and

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. He collaborates on his movies with fellow

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Michael Roesch Michael Roesch (born April 24, 1974) is a film director, film producer and screenwriter. He collaborates on his movies with fellow filmmaker Peter Scheerer. A movie aficionado since he was a kid, Michael Roesch started shooting short 8 mm mo ...

. A film fan since his early childhood, Scheerer started shooting short 8 mm movies while he was in high school. After college Scheerer worked in advertising. 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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. 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 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 Festival ...

'', starring

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and

Ken Foree Ken or KEN may refer to: Entertainment * ''Ken'' (album), a 2017 album by Canadian indie rock band Destroyer. * ''Ken'' (film), 1964 Japanese film. * ''Ken'' (magazine), a large-format political magazine. * Ken Masters, a main character in t ...

. The movie had its world premiere at the prestigious

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in Sitges, Spain in October 2007. 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 and ...

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and

Danny Trejo Danny Trejo ( ; born May 16, 1944) is an American actor. He has appeared in films including ''Desperado'', ''Heat'', and the ''From Dusk Till Dawn'' film series. With frequent collaborator and his second cousin Robert Rodriguez, he portrayed ...

. It is a sequel to the 2005 film '' Alone in the Dark''.

Filmography

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

'' (2007) (screenwriter) * ''In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale'' (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 f ...

'' (2006) (associate producer) *''

'' (2005) (screenwriter) *'' Alone in the Dark'' (2005) (screenwriter)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Scheerer, Peter 1973 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people)