About Lawrence Lasker
Born 1949. Lawrence Lasker is an American screenwriter and film producer.
Lawrence Charles Lasker (born October 7, 1949) is an American screenwriter and producer who entered American film in 1983 as writer of the movie WarGames. He has two Oscar nominations. His paternal grandfather was businessman Albert Lasker and his paternal step-grandmothers were actor Doris Kenyon and Mary Woodard Lasker. He graduated from the Phillips Exeter Academy in 1967 and attended Yale University, as did his father.
Filmography Also cameo as "Party Guest" in The Other Side of the Wind (2018).
Work nominated for awards Lasker and Walter F. Parkes were nominated for an Academy Award in screenwriting in 1983 for WarGames. Parkes and he later were nominated for Best Picture of the Year in 1990 for Awakenings. In 2023, Lasker won the Future of Life Award for reducing the risk of nuclear war through the power of storytelling.
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American film producer
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Lawrence Lasker was born on 7 October 1949 in Los Angeles.
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