Charles de Lauzirika(I)
- Producer
- Director
- Writer
Charles de Lauzirika is an award-winning American documentarian,
filmmaker and DVD/Blu-Ray producer.
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 cable 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
renowned University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts,
where he wrote and directed a fully-funded 16mm sync sound film in the
program's highly-competitive CNTV 480 Advanced Production Workshop;
Lauzirika graduated in 1994.
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 prestigious 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.) He later won two additional Saturn Awards, one
for the Alien Anthology, and another for "Twin Peaks" The Entire Mystery.
Lauzirika has been in charge of the restorations and new cuts of such
as films as "Alien 3," "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 the late Tony Scott.
While Lauzirika continues to produce behind-the-scenes content for films
and television, he has also segued into directing his own feature projects,
including the independent film "Crave," which stars Josh Lawson, Emma
Lung, Edward Furlong and Ron Perlman, which went on to win the New
Flesh Award for Best First Feature at the Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal,
and Best Director (Next Wave) at Fantastic Fest in Austin.
Following "Crave," Lauzirika has been developing several directorial projects,
including a feature adaptation of Philip K. Dick's futuristic drama "I Hope I Shall
Arrive Soon," and an original medieval horror film entitled "The Grail."
filmmaker and DVD/Blu-Ray producer.
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 cable 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
renowned University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts,
where he wrote and directed a fully-funded 16mm sync sound film in the
program's highly-competitive CNTV 480 Advanced Production Workshop;
Lauzirika graduated in 1994.
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 prestigious 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.) He later won two additional Saturn Awards, one
for the Alien Anthology, and another for "Twin Peaks" The Entire Mystery.
Lauzirika has been in charge of the restorations and new cuts of such
as films as "Alien 3," "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 the late Tony Scott.
While Lauzirika continues to produce behind-the-scenes content for films
and television, he has also segued into directing his own feature projects,
including the independent film "Crave," which stars Josh Lawson, Emma
Lung, Edward Furlong and Ron Perlman, which went on to win the New
Flesh Award for Best First Feature at the Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal,
and Best Director (Next Wave) at Fantastic Fest in Austin.
Following "Crave," Lauzirika has been developing several directorial projects,
including a feature adaptation of Philip K. Dick's futuristic drama "I Hope I Shall
Arrive Soon," and an original medieval horror film entitled "The Grail."