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 movies at age 12. [1] 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, [2] House of the Dead 2 [3] and Far Cry. [4]
In 2006 Roesch and Scheerer directed their first feature, the vampire thriller Brotherhood of Blood, [5] starring Victoria Pratt, Sid Haig and Ken Foree. The movie had its world premiere at the prestigious Sitges Film Festival in Sitges, Spain in October 2007. [6] In the US and Canada, Sam Raimi´s label Ghosthouse Underground acquired the movie, and released it through Lionsgate. [7]
In 2007 Roesch and Scheerer directed Alone in the Dark II, [8] starring Rick Yune, [9] Lance Henriksen and Danny Trejo. 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, [10] directed by Academy Award winner Roger Christian and starring John Rhys-Davies and Carmen Chaplin.
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 movies at age 12. [1] 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, [2] House of the Dead 2 [3] and Far Cry. [4]
In 2006 Roesch and Scheerer directed their first feature, the vampire thriller Brotherhood of Blood, [5] starring Victoria Pratt, Sid Haig and Ken Foree. The movie had its world premiere at the prestigious Sitges Film Festival in Sitges, Spain in October 2007. [6] In the US and Canada, Sam Raimi´s label Ghosthouse Underground acquired the movie, and released it through Lionsgate. [7]
In 2007 Roesch and Scheerer directed Alone in the Dark II, [8] starring Rick Yune, [9] Lance Henriksen and Danny Trejo. 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, [10] directed by Academy Award winner Roger Christian and starring John Rhys-Davies and Carmen Chaplin.