Charles de Lauzirika

Charles de Lauzirika of Basque ancestry grew up in La Crescenta California He attended Glendale College where he served as entertainment editor for In Focus the colleges weekly publicaccess TV show He also contributed to the campus newspaper El Vaquero earning multiple JACC student journalism awards as an editorial cartoonist entertainment editor and editorinchief Lauzirika later attended the USC School of Cinematic Arts where he wrote and directed a fully funded 16mm syncsound film in the CNTV 480 Advanced Production Workshop graduating in 1994 While at USC Lauzirika worked for companies like Lucasfilm Ltd Lightstorm Entertainment Warner Bros and Scott Free Productions As a story analyst for directors Ridley and Tony Scott he was selected by Ridley Scott to produce elaborate DVD special editions of his films Lauzirikas works have earned Video and DVD Premiere Awards including a 2003 DVDX Award for the Alien Quadrilogy He won four Saturn Awards for Blade Runner Best DVD Special Edition 2008 Twin Peaks Best Retro TV Release 2008 the Alien Anthology Best DVD Movie Collection 2011 and Twin Peaks The Entire Mystery Best Bluray TV Release 2015 Lauzirika oversaw restorations and new cuts of films like Alien³ Legend and Blade Runner The Final Cut blending new visual effects and scenes seamlessly with original footage His work spans DVDBluray content for directors such as David Lynch Sam Raimi James Cameron the Coen brothers and Michael Bay Notably he directed the music video for Montell Jordans When You Get Home 1998 featuring Billy Dee Williams He produced the Alien Anthology Bluray release creating new content and overseeing a sound mix for the Alien³ Special Edition with actors like Sigourney Weaver and Charles Dance rerecording dialogue By 2011 Lauzirika was producing Bluray editions for Transformers Dark of the Moon The Amazing SpiderMan and Prometheus Lauzirika made his feature directorial debut with the psychological thriller Crave starring Josh Lawson Emma Lung Edward Furlong and Ron Perlman Premiering at the Fantasia International Film Festival the film won the New Flesh Award for Best First Feature It later screened at Fantastic Fest where Lauzirika earned Best Director in the Next Wave competition He also directed the short horror satire Love Bite starring Carlee Baker and Cuyle Carvin which premiered at the Sitges Film Festival In 2023 he wrote and directed the short horror film Honk starring Zach Galligan and Tyler Mane Honk premiered at Sitges The film continued its festival run for over a year winning Best Short Film Global at Morbido Film Fest Best Horror Short at the Atlanta Horror Film Festival a Special Jury Prize at the Rome International Film Festival Best Director and Best Cinematography at the Buried Alive Film Festival and most recently Best Short Drama at the Nevermore Film Festival In May 2024 Lauzirika confirmed he had produced the sixpart documentary Torn Asunder Waging Alex Garlands Civil War for the home entertainment release of Alex Garlands Civil War