Lawrence Roeck

{{short description|Canadian film director, producer, screenwriter}}

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Diablo
The Forger

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Lawrence Roeck is an American/Canadian film director, screenwriter and film producer who directed the films Diablo (2015) and The Forger (2011). Roeck won Best Feature at the San Diego International Film Festival in 2015.

Early life

At a very young age, his family moved from Calgary to California.{{cite web |last=Volmers |first=Eric |date=2013-12-10 |title=Director Lawrence Roeck returns home to Alberta for Diablo, a ‘western’ starring Scott Eastwood |url=https://calgaryherald.com/entertainment/movie-guide/Director+Lawrence+Roeck+returns+home+Alberta+Diablo+western+starring+Scott/9271219/story.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170428003634/https://calgaryherald.com/entertainment/movie-guide/Director+Lawrence+Roeck+returns+home+Alberta+Diablo+western+starring+Scott/9271219/story.html |archive-date=2017-04-28 |website=Calgary Herald}} His filmmaking career began in Alberta during the early 1990s by shooting videos with friends just out of high school.{{cite web |last=Meyers |first=Ashley Scott |date=2016-01-29 |title=Interview: Writer/Director Lawrence Roeck On His Latest Western Diablo (Starring Scott Eastwood) |url=http://www.filmslatemagazine.com/interview-writerdirector-lawrence-roeck-on-his-latest-western-diablo-starring-scott-eastwood/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191011061815/http://www.filmslatemagazine.com/interview-writerdirector-lawrence-roeck-on-his-latest-western-diablo-starring-scott-eastwood/ |archive-date=2019-10-11 |website=Film Slate Magazine}} While in California, he worked as a video journalist for FOX and CBS News.{{cite web |url=http://www.montereycountyweekly.com/entertainment/movies/carmel-by-the-sea-the-movie-finally-makes-its-local/article_16394b8a-fa77-5818-aad5-97bb28141d3d.html |access-date=2022-12-24 |website=Monterey County Weekly |last=Ryce |first=Walter |date=2011-03-17 |title=Carmel-by-the-Sea the movie finally makes its local debut at Sunset.}}

Career

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.{{cite web |last=Robbins |first=Caryn |date=2015-10-08 |title=World Premiere of DIABLO Wins Best Feature Film at San Diego Film Festival |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/World-Premiere-of-DIABLO-Wins-Best-Feature-Film-at-San-Diego-Film-Festival-20151008 |access-date=2022-12-24 |website=BroadwayWorld}} He had previously worked with Eastwood on his first feature, The Forger.{{Cite web |last=Benardello |first=Karen |date=2016-01-05 |title=Interview: Lawrence Roeck and Adam Beach Talk Diablo (Exclusive) |url=https://www.shockya.com/news/2016/01/05/interview-lawrence-roeck-and-adam-beach-talk-diablo-exclusive/ |access-date=2022-12-24 |website=Shockya |language=en-US}} In 2024, Roeck resurrected the Carmel International Film Festival with screenings of Condor Canyon and Big Sur The Way It Was at the Golden Bough Theatre in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California.{{Cite web |date=2024-09-26 |title=The Carmel International Film Festival returns with a new setting and another solid lineup. |url=https://www.montereycountynow.com/entertainment/art/the-carmel-international-film-festival-returns-with-a-new-setting-and-another-solid-lineup/article_755866e6-7b82-11ef-8860-3bec8b1fb19a.html |access-date=2025-01-10 |website=Monterey County NOW |language=en}}

= ''The Forger'' =

Roeck wrote and directed The Forger starring Alfred Molina, Lauren Bacall, Dina Eastwood, Josh Hutcherson, and Hayden Panettiere. The film was shot in January 2009 and on February 27th, Roeck faced legal action after investors sued him for $1.17 million. The suit was filed at the Los Angeles County Superior Court stating that he was paid a salary and made use of company assets without their consent.{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Jim |date=2009-03-10 |title=”Carmel the Movie” investors sue director |url=https://www.montereyherald.com/general-news/20090310/carmel-the-movie-investors-sue-director |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224103322/https://www.montereyherald.com/2009/03/10/carmel-the-movie-investors-sue-director/ |archive-date=2022-12-24 |access-date=2022-12-24 |website=Monterey Herald |language=en-US}}