Lawrence Gordon
Lawrence Gordon (born March 25, 1936 in Yazoo City , Mississippi ) is an American film producer .
Live and act
Before his career, he studied at Tulane University in New Orleans . From 1984 to 1986 he was the president of the 20th Century Fox film studio . The television series Matt Houston , broadcast from 1982 to 1985, was developed by him.
One of the most famous films he has produced is Die Hard .
His brother Charles Gordon is also active as a producer in the film business, together they ran the production company "Largo Entertainment" until the late 1990s.
In 1990 he and his brother were nominated for an Oscar for the film Field of Dreams . In the same year he received a nomination for the Golden Raspberry .
Filmography (selection)
- 1975: A Hard Times (Hard Times)
- 1977: The Man with the Steel Claw (Rolling Thunder)
- 1978: Driver (The Driver)
- 1978: Nobody Is Perfect (The End)
- 1978: To the head and neck (Hooper)
- 1979: The Warriors (The Warriors)
- 1980: Xanadu
- 1981: I need an heir (Paternity)
- 1982: Fists, Gangs, and Hot Stoves - Reinforcements from the Street ( The Renegades )
- 1982: Jekyll and Hyde - The Sharpest Transformation of All Time ( Jekyll and Hyde ... Together Again )
- 1982: only 48 hours ( 48 Hrs. )
- 1984: Streets of Fire ( Streets of Fire )
- 1985: Hell with the Coals ( Brewster's Millions )
- 1986: Jumpin 'Jack Flash
- 1987: Predator
- 1988: The Couch Trip ( The Couch Trip )
- 1988: Scout Academy ( The Wrong Guys )
- 1988: Die Hard ( Die Hard )
- 1989: Field of Dreams ( Field of Dreams )
- 1989: Lock Up - Survival Is Everything ( Lock Up )
- 1989: My partner with the cold muzzle ( K-9 )
- 1989: Family Business
- 1990: And again 48 hours ( Another 48 Hrs. )
- 1992: Die Hard 2 ( Die Hard 2 )
- 1995: Waterworld
- 1997: Event Horizon - On the Edge of the Universe ( Event Horizon )
- 1999: My partner with the cold snout 2 ( K-911 , as executive producer)
- 2001: Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
- 2001: K-PAX - Everything is possible ( K-PAX )
- 2003: Lara Croft: Tomb Raider ( Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life )
- 2004: Hellboy
- 2008: Hellboy - The Golden Army ( Hellboy II: The Golden Army )
- 2009: Watchmen - The Guardians (Watchmen)
- 2019: Hellboy - Call of Darkness (Hellboy)
Web links
- Lawrence Gordon in theInternet Movie Database(English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gordon, Lawrence |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 25, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Yazoo City , Mississippi , USA |