Biography
Francis Lawrence (born 26 March 1971) is an American film director and producer. Born in Vienna, Austria, to American parents, he moved to Los Angeles at the age of four and studied film production at Loyola Marymount University.
He began his career directing music videos and commercials before making his feature directorial debut with Constantine (2005). Lawrence has since directed I Am Legend (2007), Water for Elephants (2011), four films in The Hunger Games series including The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013), the two Mockingjay parts (2014–2015) and The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023), Red Sparrow (2018) and The Long Walk (2025), on which he also served as producer.
