Michael Roesch

This article is about the film director. For the biathlete, see Michael Rösch.

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.

Filmography

• Birds of a Feather (2019) (associate producer)
• Female Fight Club (2016) (co-executive producer)
• Viy (2014) (co-executive producer)
• Prisoners of the Sun (2013) (co-producer)
• BloodRayne: The Third Reich (2011) (associate producer)
• Blubberella (2011) (associate producer)
• Alone in the Dark II (2008) (director, screenwriter)
• Far Cry (2007) (screenwriter)
• In the Name of the King (2007) (associate producer)
• Brotherhood of Blood (2006) (director, screenwriter)
• BloodRayne (2006) (associate producer)
• House of the Dead 2 (2005) (screenwriter)
• Alone in the Dark (2005) (screenwriter)
• House of the Dead (2003) (co-executive producer)

References

1. "Interview with the Screenwriters of House of the Dead 2". Horror-Movies.ca. Archived from the original on August 26, 2014. Retrieved March 19, 2012.
2. Condit, Jon (January 27, 2005). "Alone in the Dark - Interview with Michael Roesch and Peter Scheerer". DreadCentral.com. Retrieved March 19, 2012.
3. "`House of the Dead 2´ screenwriters Peter Scheerer and Michael Roesch". Horror Movies and Stuff. Retrieved March 18, 2012.
4. "Far Cry starts filming". IGN.com. July 15, 2007. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
5. Gallagher, Brian (October 13, 2008). "Michael Roesch and Peter Scheerer Talk Brotherhood of Blood". Movieweb.com. Retrieved March 18, 2012.
6. "Sitges International Film Festival 2007" (PDF). October 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-10-07. Retrieved March 18, 2012.
7. Arnold, Thomas K. (November 4, 2008). "Ghost House goes Underground". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 18, 2012.
8. R.L.Shaffer (January 25, 2010). "Alone in the Dark II DVD review". IGN.com. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
9. Miska, Brad (August 11, 2007). "'Alone in the Dark II' Locks Down Promising Cast!". BloodyDisgusting.com. Archived from the original on August 17, 2014. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
10. "The Filmcatalogue: Prisoners of the Sun". thefilmcatalogue.com. Retrieved August 16, 2014.

External links

• Michael Roesch at IMDb
• Official website