Lawrence Roeck

Lawrence Roeck is a Canadian director, screenwriter and film producer.

Lawrence Roeck
OccupationFilm director and screenwriter
Years active2012-present
Known forDiablo, The Forger
AwardsSan Diego Film Awards Best Feature

Biography

At a very young age, his family moved from Calgary to California.[1] His filmmaking career began in Alberta during the early 1990s by shooting videos with friends just out of high school.[2] While in California, he worked as a video journalist for FOX and CBS News.[3] Roeck's career was catapulted while traveling by plane with Clint Eastwood and his wife, Dina. He was hired for a Warner Bros project involving Clint Eastwood that aired on HBO and Turner Classic Movies.[4] In 2015, Roeck won Best Feature at the San Diego Film Festival for his second feature film, Diablo, starring Scott Eastwood, Walton Goggins and Danny Glover.[5] He had previously worked with Scott Eastwood on his first feature, The Forger alongside Lauren Becall, Josh Hutcherson, and Hayden Panettiere.[6]

References
  1. "Director Lawrence Roeck returns home to Alberta for Diablo, a 'western' starring Scott Eastwood".
  2. "Interview: Writer/Director Lawrence Roeck On His Latest Western Diablo (Starring Scott Eastwood)".
  3. "Director Lawrence Roeck returns home to Alberta for Diablo, a 'western' starring Scott Eastwood".
  4. "Carmel-by-the-Sea the movie finally makes its local debut at Sunset".
  5. "WORLD PREMIERE OF DIABLO WINS BEST FEATURE FILM AT SAN DIEGO FILM FESTIVAL".
  6. "My interview with the director of Billy Boyd's Carmel by the Sea!".


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