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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.




Biography


Lasker was born in Los Angeles County, California. He is the son of actor Jane Greer and producer Edward Lasker. 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.




References






External links


Lawrence Lasker at IMDb

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Awakenings
• Project X (film 1987)
• WarGames
• Academy Award untuk Film Terbaik
• Daftar eponim penghargaan
• Edward B. Lewis
• Academy Award untuk Skenario Asli Terbaik
• Academy Awards ke-63
• Ras manusia
• Bilangan prima
• Lawrence Lasker
• WarGames
• Edward Lasker (businessman)
• Awakenings
• Project X (1987 film)
• Lasker Award
• Sneakers (1992 film)
• Walter F. Parkes
• Jane Greer
• Lasker (surname)