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Marc Lawrence (filmmaker)

American director, screenwriter, and producer

Summary

American director, screenwriter, and producer

Field	Value
name	Marc Lawrence
birth_date
birth_place	Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
nationality	American
alma_mater	Binghamton University
occupation	{{flatlist
years_active	1984–present
notable_works	Two Weeks Notice
Music and Lyrics
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
The Rewrite
Noelle
spouse	Linda Lawrence
children	3, including Clyde and Gracie

Director
screenwriter
producer Music and Lyrics Did You Hear About the Morgans? The Rewrite Noelle

Marc Lawrence (born October 22, 1959) is an American director, screenwriter, and producer.

Lawrence is best known for his numerous collaborations with Sandra Bullock and Hugh Grant. He wrote the comedy films Forces of Nature (1999), Miss Congeniality (2000), and Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (2005). He wrote and directed the comedy films Two Weeks Notice (2002), Music and Lyrics (2007), Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009), The Rewrite (2014), and Noelle (2019).

Early life

Lawrence was born on October 22, 1959, in Brooklyn. In 1981, he graduated from Binghamton University with a degree in English and attended New York University School of Law for one year.

Career

Lawrence moved to Los Angeles after college and served as a staff writer and then supervising producer on NBC's Family Ties from 1984 to 1989.

Lawrence has written films such as Life with Mikey (1993), Forces of Nature (1999), the remake of The Out-of-Towners (1999), Miss Congeniality (2000), and its sequel Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (2005). He has both written and directed Two Weeks Notice (2002), Music and Lyrics (2007), Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009), The Rewrite (2014), and Noelle (2019).

Personal life

Lawrence met his wife, Linda, when he was in college. The couple lives in New York City and have three children: Clyde, Gracie, and Linus. Clyde and Gracie are the frontman and frontwoman of an 8-piece soul-pop band, Lawrence, and are signed to Jon Bellion's record label, Beautiful Mind Records.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Producer
1993	Life with Mikey
1999	Forces of Nature
The Out-of-Towners
2000	Miss Congeniality
2002	Two Weeks Notice
2005	Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
2007	Music and Lyrics
2009	Did You Hear About the Morgans?
2014	The Rewrite
2019	Noelle

Television

The numbers in credits refer to the number of episodes.

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Executive Producer	Notes
1984–1989	Family Ties		(30)	(29)	Also story editor (31 episodes)
1985	Family Ties Vacation				TV movie
1994	Sweet Valley High	(1)			Episode: "The Curse of Lawrence Manson"
Monty		(1)	(13)	Creator
1995	Pride & Joy	(3)	(3)	(6)	Creator

Music

Year	Title	Film	Notes
2000	"Miss United States"	Miss Congeniality	Co-writer and producer
2002	"Baby (You've Got What It Takes)"	Two Weeks Notice	Harmonica accompaniment (as Blind Lemon Lipschitz)
2007	"Buddha's Delight"	Music and Lyrics	Co-writer
"Bad Hot Witch"	Co-writer
"Love Autopsy"	Writer
"Slam"	Co-writer

References

Kocher, Chris. "'Rewrite' returns director to BU".
Ashley Scott Meyers, [https://www.sellingyourscreenplay.com/podcast-transcripts/sys-podcast-episode-062-writer-director-marc-lawrence-talks-about-his-new-film-the-rewrite-starring-hugh-grant-and-marisa-tomei-transcript/ "Writer/director Marc Lawrence talks about his new film ''The Rewrite''"], ''sellingyourscreenplay.com''.
(September 12, 2017). "Disney Sets Release Dates for Aladdin, Artemis Fowl, & More". ComingSoon.net.
""Did You Hear About the Morgans?" PremiereDirector Marc Lawrence, Gracie Lawrence, Linus Lawrence, Clyde Lawrence12-14-2009 / Ziegfeld Theater / New York, NY / Sony Pictures / Photo by Cecelia Post - Image 23840_0046 {{!}} Most iconic images of the 20th century {{!}} MPTV Images".
(2019-07-23). "Review – Jon Bellion Electrified and Improvised at the Fillmore".

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