Robert Lawrence (producer)

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Robert Lawrence
Born
New York, New York, U.S.
OccupationFilm producer
Years active1980–present

Robert Lawrence is an American film producer and former studio executive.

Early life[]

Lawrence was born in New York City and grew up in Great Neck, New York.

Lawrence graduated with honors from the University of California at Berkeley and then attended the Graduate Screenwriting Program at UCLA School of Film and Television.[1]

Career[]

Lawrence began his film career at Paramount in the story department, and a year later joined the Robert Evans unit as a writer.[2]

In 1980 Lawrence joined Columbia Pictures as a Vice-President of Production and was named Executive Vice President of Worldwide Production for Columbia Pictures in March 1985,[3] where he oversaw production of films such as Ghostbusters, The Karate Kid, Tootsie and Out of Africa.

In 1986 Lawrence joined United Artists as the President of Motion Picture Production.[4] During his time at United Artists, Lawrence oversaw productions of such films as Rain Man, Presumed Innocent and Mrs. Doubtfire.

During this time, he screened the Hong Kong action film Legacy of Rage (1986) starring Brandon Lee and saw Lee's potential to be an action leading man in Hollywood. It led to their collaboration which was Lee's first lead in an American Studio film the action thriller Rapid Fire (1992).[5]

Lawrence founded Maysville Pictures along with George Clooney and together produced Rock Star before the two split in 1999.[6] As an independent producer he started his own production company, Robert Lawrence Productions. Lawrence is best known as a producer on movies such as Clueless, Die Hard with a Vengeance and The Last Castle.

Current production[]

In the Winter of 2016, Variety (magazine) announced[7] that Lin-Manuel Miranda would join Lawrence in producing TV and film adaptations of Patrick Rothfuss’ fantasy trilogy The Kingkiller Chronicle.[8]

Personal life[]

Lawrence has three sons and currently lives in Pacific Palisades, California.

Filmography[]

He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

Film[]

Year Film Credit
1988 It Takes Two
1991 A Kiss Before Dying
1992 Rapid Fire
1995 Die Hard with a Vengeance Executive producer
Clueless
1996 Down Periscope
1997 Nothing to Lose Associate producer
2001 Rock Star
The Last Castle
2005 Mozart and the Whale
TBA
 The Kingkiller Chronicle

Television[]

Year Title Credit Notes
1996 Gang in Blue Executive producer Television film
1996−97 Martin Associate producer
Co-executive producer
2014 Partners
2016 Martin Lawrence: Doin' Time Television special
2017 The Women Behind the Women: Behind Steel Dragon Executive producer Television film

References[]

  1. ^ "Robert Lawrence - Filmbug". filmbug.com. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  2. ^ "THE LAST CASTLE - Cast or Crew Bio...CinemaReview.com". cinemareview.com. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  3. ^ "EXECUTIVE CHANGES". The New York Times. 11 March 1985. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  4. ^ "Lawrence Wins Promotion to UA Presidency". 7 May 1986. Retrieved 19 January 2017 – via LA Times.
  5. ^ Koltnow, Barry (26 August 1992). "A karate chop off the old block". The Record.
  6. ^ Petrikin, Chris (30 September 1999). "Clooney, Lawrence split Maysville". variety.com. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  7. ^ McNary, Dave (29 November 2016). "Lin-Manuel Miranda Boards 'Kingkiller Chronicle' Film, TV Series Adaptation". variety.com. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  8. ^ Lindbergh, Ben (30 November 2016). "Your New 'Game of Thrones' Is Coming". theringer.com. Retrieved 19 January 2017.

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