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Charles de Lauzirika Born 17 August 1967
Los Angeles, CaliforniaOccupation Filmmaker
DVD/Blu-ray ProducerCharles de Lauzirika is an American DVD and Blu-ray producer and filmmaker.
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Early years
Lauzirika spent his early years in La Crescenta, California and attended Glendale College where he served as entertainment editor of In Focus, the college's weekly Public-access television show. He also contributed to the school's weekly, El Vaquero, receiving several JACC student journalism awards for his work as editorial cartoonist, entertainment editor and editor-in-chief. Lauzirika later attended the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts, where he wrote and directed a fully funded 16mm sync sound film in the program's CNTV 480 Advanced Production Workshop; Lauzirika graduated in 1994.[1]
Film and DVD career
While attending USC film school, Lauzirika concurrently worked for numerous film companies, including Lucasfilm Ltd., Lightstorm Entertainment, Warner Bros., Silver Pictures and Scott Free Productions. While working as a story analyst for directors Ridley Scott and Tony Scott, Lauzirika was chosen by Ridley Scott to supervise and produce elaborate DVD special editions of Scott's classic films. Lauzirika's works have been nominated for Video and DVD Premiere Awards, and in 2003 his comprehensive nine-disc Alien Quadrilogy garnered the DVDX Award for Best Overall DVD, Classic Movie. In 2008, Lauzirika won two Saturn Awards for his work on Blade Runner (Best DVD Special Edition) and Twin Peaks (Best Retro Television Release).[2] And in 2011, he won his third Saturn Award for the Alien Anthology (Best DVD Movie Collection.)[3]
Lauzirika has been in charge of the restorations and new cuts of such as films as Alien³, Legend and Blade Runner: The Final Cut, each project requiring new visual effects and additional scenes which had to seamlessly blend in with existing footage. He has also directed several commercials and short films, as well as the music video for Montell Jordan's When You Get Home (1998) which featured Billy Dee Williams. Lauzirika himself occasionally serves as camera operator in his documentary interviews, thereby fostering a more intimate environment, allowing the interviewee to be more sharing on camera. Although his work has long been associated with the films of Ridley Scott, Lauzirika has also produced DVD content for the works of numerous other directors, including David Lynch, Sam Raimi, James Cameron, the Coen brothers, Michael Bay, David Fincher, Robert Rodriguez, Marc Webb, John Badham, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Mark Romanek and Tony Scott.[4]
Lauzirika made his feature directorial debut with the psychological thriller Crave which began shooting on October 23, 2009, in Detroit, Michigan, and stars Josh Lawson, Emma Lung, Edward Furlong and Ron Perlman. Lauzirika is also one of the film's producers and co-wrote the screenplay with Robert A. Lawton.[5]
In 2010, Empire Magazine reported that Lauzirika was working on a comprehensive Blu-ray release of the four Alien films, now known as the Alien Anthology. In addition to creating new content, he also oversaw a new sound mix of the Alien³ Special Edition which necessitated the return of certain actors to re-record their dialogue due to the poor production sound heard in the film's original rough assembly.[6] In 2011 it was reported that Lauzirika was working on DVD/Blu-ray special editions for such films as Transformers: Dark of the Moon, The Amazing Spider-Man and Prometheus.[7]
Selected works
Award-winning Blade Runner 5-disc Ultimate Collectors Edition set, restored and produced by Lauzirika
Year Title Original Source Credit(s) 2010 Rise and Rise Again: Making Ridley Scott's Robin Hood Robin Hood(2010, R. Scott) producer, camera operator Wreckage and Rage: Making Alien³ (Uncut) Alien³(1992, Fincher) director, producer, writer 2009 The Human Factor: Exacting Revenge of the Fallen Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen(2009, Bay) producer, camera operator Not A Love Story: Making (500) Days of Summer (500) Days of Summer(2009, Webb) producer 2008 Fallen Empire: Making American Gangster American Gangster(2007, R. Scott) producer, written by, camera operator,†director Flights of Fancy: The Politics and Paranoia of Capricorn One Capricorn One(1978, Hyams) producer 2007 Blade Runner: The Final Cut Blade Runner(1982, R. Scott) restoration producer Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner Blade Runner(1982, R. Scott) director, producer, camera operator Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks Twin Peaks(1990, Lynch) director, producer, writer 2006 The Path to Redemption Kingdom of Heaven(2005, R. Scott) director, producer, camera operator Ride with the Angels: Making Blue Thunder Blue Thunder(1983, Badham) director, producer 2005 Strength and Honor: Creating the World of Gladiator Gladiator(2000, R. Scott) director, producer Vengeance Is Mine: Reinventing Man on Fire Man on Fire(2004, T. Scott) producer, writer Kingdom of Heaven: Interactive Production Grid Kingdom of Heaven(2005, R. Scott) director, producer, camera operator 2004 Danger Zone: The Making of Top Gun Top Gun(1986, T. Scott) producer Making the Amazing Spider-Man 2(2004, Raimi) director, producer, writer Tricks of the Trade: Making Matchstick Men Matchstick Men(2003, R. Scott) director, producer, cinematographer 2003 Alien Quadrilogy:
The Beast Within: The Making of Alien
Superior Firepower: The Making of Aliens
The Making of Alien³
One Step Beyond: The Making of Alien: Resurrection
Alien(1979, R. Scott)
Aliens(1986, Cameron)
Alien³(1992, Fincher)
Alien Resurrection(1997, Jeunet)
director, producer, writer, camera operator
director, producer, writer
‡director,‡producer,‡writer
director, producer, writerThelma & Louise: The Last Journey Thelma & Louise(1991, R. Scott) director, producer, writer Inside Die Another Day Die Another Day(2002, Tamahori) producer 2002 Duelling Directors: Ridley Scott & Kevin Reynolds The Duellists(1977, R. Scott) director, producer, camera operator The Essence of Combat: Making Black Hawk Down Black Hawk Down(2001, R. Scott) producer Inside Speed Speed(1994, de Bont) director, producer, written by Legend: The Director's Cut Legend(1985, R. Scott) restoration producer 2001 Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal Hannibal(2001, R. Scott) director, producer 2000 Style as Substance: Reflections on Tarsem The Cell(2000, Singh) producer
†uncredited
‡credited as "Fredrick Garvin"References
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1361273/bio
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1361273/bio
- ^ http://www.chud.com/58377/the-saturn-awards-happened/
- ^ "Charles de Lauzirika - Home Theater Forum Community". Hometheaterforum.com. 2001-02-06. http://www.hometheaterforum.com/forum/list/121. Retrieved 2010-02-17.
- ^ Submitted by Floydian Trip on Tue, 10/27/2009 - 1:52pm. (2009-10-27). "Ron Perlman Gives Us Something to Crave | Horror Movie, DVD, & Book Reviews, News, Interviews at Dread Central". Dreadcentral.com. http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/34225/ron-perlman-gives-us-something-crave. Retrieved 2010-02-17.
- ^ http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=4339
- ^ http://comic-con.org/cci/cci11_prog_thu.php
External links
- Charles de Lauzirika at the Internet Movie Database
- Talk With The Insiders The Charles de Lauzirika forum at Home Theater Forum
Categories:- Living people
- American film producers
- American documentary filmmakers
- American film directors
- 1967 births
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