Charles de Lauzirika

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Blade Runner 5-disc collectors edition DVD set, restored by Lauzirika
Blade Runner 5-disc collectors edition DVD set, restored by Lauzirika

Charles de Lauzirika is an American documentary filmmaker and DVD producer.

Lauzirika spent many of his early years in La Crescenta, Calif. and attended Glendale College, where he was the entertainment editor of "In Focus," the college's weekly broadcast newscast.

Lauzirika created award-winning documentaries and supplemental content for such releases as the 5-disc Blade Runner Ultimate Collector's Edition, 9-disc Alien Quadrilogy, the 4-disc Kingdom of Heaven Director's Cut and the 3-disc editions of Gladiator and Black Hawk Down. Although his work has long been associated with the films of Ridley Scott, Lauzirika has also produced DVD content for the works of several other directors, including David Lynch, Sam Raimi, James Cameron, the Coen Brothers, David Fincher, Robert Rodriguez, John Badham, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Mark Romanek and Tony Scott.

Lauzirika has been in charge of the restorations and new cuts of such as films as Alien³, Legend and Blade Runner: The Final Cut, all three of which included new visual effects and additional scenes.