Francis Lawrence

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biography

Following in the footsteps of such A-list directors as David Fincher and McG, young up and coming director Francis Lawrence also began his career helming music videos before taking the leap into features.

Born in Vienna, Austria and raised in Los Angeles since he was three, Lawrence got his start making music videos nearly by accident. Growing up in Los Angeles in the 1980s, Lawrence was naturally drawn to filmmaking. In addition to writing screenplays, Lawrence directed his own Super-8 movies in high school. From there, Lawrence attended Loyola Marymount University where he studied Continued

Credits

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2009-2009
Executive Producer
2009
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2009
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2009
Director
2009
Executive Producer
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Director
2009
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2009
Director
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Director
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milestones

Year
Milestone
1990 
Worked as 2nd assistant camera on the feature "Pump up the Volume"
1994 
Was first assistant director on the feature "Marching out of Time" helmed by Anton Vassil
 
Directed music videos for Destiny's Child, Jennifer Lopez, Aerosmith, Jay-Z, Ricky Martin, Lauryn Hill and Seal
2005 
Made feature film debut with "Constantine"; based on DC comics Vertigo imprint
2007 
Directed Will Smith in "I Am Legend" a film adaptation of Richard Matheson's 1954 novel

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