Robert Lorenz is an American film producer and director, best known for his collaborations with Clint Eastwood. He has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture three times, for Mystic River (2003), Letters from Iwo Jima (2006), and American Sniper (2014). He has also directed Trouble with the Curve (2012) and The Marksman (2021).

Life

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As a producer he has been nominated three times for Best Picture: Mystic River (2003),[1] Letters from Iwo Jima (2006), and American Sniper (2014).[2] In 2012 he made his directorial debut with Trouble with the Curve. He is a longtime member of the Directors Guild of America and the Producers Guild of America. In 2015, he had a first look deal with Warner Bros.[3]

Filmography

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He was producer for all films unless otherwise noted.

Film

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Year Film Credit
2002 Blood Work Executive producer
2003 Mystic River
2004 Million Dollar Baby Executive producer
2006 Flags of Our Fathers
Letters from Iwo Jima
2007 Rails & Ties
2008 Changeling
Gran Torino
2009 Invictus
2010 Hereafter
2011 J. Edgar
2012 Trouble with the Curve
2014 Jersey Boys
American Sniper
2021 The Marksman
2023 In the Land of Saints and Sinners Executive producer
Second unit director or assistant director
Year Film Role
1991 Femme Fatale Second second assistant director
Shakes the Clown
Cool as Ice Second assistant director
1992 Acquitted for Having Committed the Deed
Seedpeople
1993 Silent Tongue
Monolith
1994 Exit to Eden Second second assistant director
1995 The Bridges of Madison County Second assistant director
Last of the Dogmen Assistant director
1997 Absolute Power First assistant director
Second assistant director
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil First assistant director
1999 True Crime
2000 Space Cowboys
2002 Crossroads First assistant director
Second unit director
Blood Work First assistant director
2003 Mystic River
2004 Million Dollar Baby
2014 American Sniper Second unit director
As director
Year Film
2012 Trouble with the Curve
2021 The Marksman
2023 In the Land of Saints and Sinners
As writer
Year Film
2021 The Marksman
Art department
Year Film Role
1990 Genuine Risk Art swing gang
Miscellaneous crew
Year Film Role
1990 Slumber Party Massacre III Production assistant

Television

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Second unit director or assistant director
Year Title Role Notes
1991 Cast a Deadly Spell First assistant director: Second unit
Second second assistant director
Television film
1992 Memphis Second second assistant director
1994 My So-Called Life Second assistant director
1995 The Colony Television film
Donor Unknown Second second assistant director
1996 The Late Shift Second assistant director
A Face to Die For
2001 Semper Fi First assistant director Television pilot

References

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  1. ^ "The 76th Academy Awards (2004) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. AMPAS. Archived from the original on November 9, 2014. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
  2. ^ "The 87th Academy Awards (2015) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). Archived from the original on February 23, 2015. Retrieved February 23, 2015.
  3. ^ Kroll, Justin (2015-03-09). "'American Sniper's' Robert Lorenz Signs First Look Deal with WB; Sets New Film with Jason Hall (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2021-05-17.
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