Laura Royko

History

Previously the Sales Director of Cardinal Releasing and responsible for most Media deals , on a worldwide basis, Laura Royko has been responsible for deals with BBC, SKY, MTV (USA), FOX, SBS, ABC, Channel 4 (UK), Channel 5 (UK), Biography and Universal. Upon the creation of “The Classic Artists Series”, Royko brought the (Classic Artists) Series and the brand to the marketplace in a Pre-Sales capacity and signed deals for DVD Distribution in U.S.A. ,Canada, Japan, Australia, UK and Europe, setting the series on a strong footing from prior to the completion of the first Episode. The distribution in new and diverse platforms continues, as well as her involvement in the development of new programming concepts. Laura now writes all script , press and packaging for the company,  including treatments and scripts for upcoming series (working title) ‘ On the Trail of the Blues’.

Movies

Rock Poet: Jim Morrison
Rock Poet: Jim Morrison
Associate Producer
Jim Morrison considered himself first a Poet, and subsequently a Rock Star and sex symbol. “ROCK POET” tells his story. He was far more than the hell-raiser, infamous for his arrest in Miami for exposing himself on stage, another rock casualty- dead by the age of just 27. “Classic Artists” meets with legendary Beat Poets Michael Horovitz, Michael McClure, Pete Brown of “Cream” fame, about the movement and what it meant to the burgeoning tide of Rock and Roll, more specifically, to Jim Morrison, and finds the admiration and respect for his talent as a poet and writer amongst his Beat Poet predecessors and also contemporaries to be unquestionable. This film includes revelations from those that were present in the final days and final hours of Jim Morrison, including an eye witness . A vigorously captivating insight of a time in rock history , a time in the life of the man, both rock star and poet.
All Apologies: Kurt Cobain 10 Years On
All Apologies: Kurt Cobain 10 Years On
Associate Producer
On April 8th 1994, Kurt Cobain - the lead singer of post-punk band Nirvana - was found dead in his Seattle home of an apparent shotgun wound to the head and three times the lethal dose of heroin in his system. Today, the cause of his death is still debated. This film charts the tragic downward spiral and increasing isolation of this hero of a generation, which even his marriage to Courtney Love and the birth of his daughter Frances Bean could not stop.