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Lawrence Lasker | |
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![]() Lasker at WarGames screening, 2008 | |
Born | Lawrence Charles Lasker October 7, 1949 |
Alma mater | Yale University |
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Family | Albert Lasker (grandfather) Frances Lasker Brody (aunt) Doris Kenyon (step-grandmother) Mary Woodard Lasker (step-grandmother) |
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 . [1] [2]
Lasker was born in Los Angeles County, California. He is the son of actor Jane Greer and producer Edward Lasker. [3] 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.
Title | Year | Producer | Writer | Notes |
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WarGames | 1983 | Yes | ||
Project X | 1987 | Yes | Story | |
True Believer | 1989 | Yes | ||
Awakenings | 1990 | Yes | ||
Eddie Dodd | 1991 | Executive | Creator | Television series (6 episodes) |
Sneakers | 1992 | Yes | Yes |
Also cameo as "Party Guest" in The Other Side of the Wind (2018).
Lasker and Walter F. Parkes were nominated for an Academy Award in screenwriting in 1983 for WarGames. [4] 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. [5]