C. Larry Roberts

C. Larry Roberts (August 2, 1944 – June 26, 1988) was an American filmmaker. He made a few dozen films, including The Smara, Calamus (1978), and Strong Willed Women Subdue and Subjugate Reptiles (1982). He also won a 1987 Guggenheim Fellowship to work with Diane Orr on a documentary on Everett Ruess, posthumously completed a decade later.

Biography C. Larry Roberts was born on August 2, 1944, in WaKeeney, Kansas.

Originally an art teacher, Roberts became interested in film after seeing the work of such creators as Stan Brakhage and Bruce Conner. the duo were awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for a documentary on Everett Ruess. Terry Orme said that the Orr-Roberts duo "epitomize the regional, independent filmmaker";

Roberts died on June 26, 1988, in Salt Lake City from AIDS. The Everett Ruess project subsequently went on hiatus, but was later revived, and Lost Forever: Everett Ruess was screened in 2001. His films are archived at the J. Willard Marriott Library.