Robert Lorenz: Robert Lorenz. Director: In the Land of Saints and Sinners. With a passion for filmmaking but no connections to the business, Robert Lorenz moved to Los Angeles in 1989 and began climbing his way up through the film industry. Starting out on the backlot of Roger Corman's B-movie studio in Venice, California, less than a decade later Lorenz found himself working as the right hand to legendary director Clint Eastwood....