---
name: "Lawrence Lasker"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/lawrence-lasker"
fi1m_id: "lawrence-lasker"
imdb_id: "nm0489623"
tmdb_id: 12841
wikidata_id: "Q115990"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "7 October 1949"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T17:40:10.569965+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Lawrence Lasker

## Identity

Lawrence Lasker

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/lawrence-lasker
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** lawrence-lasker
- **IMDb ID:** nm0489623
- **TMDB ID:** 12841
- **Wikidata ID:** Q115990
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Lasker, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115990, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0489623/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12841

Producer. Born 7 October 1949 in Los Angeles County, California, U.S..

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 7 October 1949, Los Angeles County, California, U.S.
- **Active:** 1983–1990
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 writing, 1 producing
- **Frequently works with:** [Walter F. Parkes](https://film.one/person/walter-f-parkes.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscar nominations
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 82 (1), 1990s 73 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Lasker, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115990, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0489623/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12841

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*WarGames*](https://film.one/film/wargames.md) (82)
- **Tubi:** [*Awakenings*](https://film.one/film/awakenings.md) (73)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Lawrence Lasker is an American screenwriter and producer. Born on 7 October 1949 in Los Angeles County, California, he is the son of actress Jane Greer and producer Edward Lasker. He graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1967 and attended Yale University.

Lasker entered film as co-writer of *WarGames* (1983). He co-wrote and produced *Sneakers* (1992) and wrote the story for *Project X* (1987). As producer, his credits include *True Believer* (1989) and *Awakenings* (1990). He created the television series *Eddie Dodd* (1991).

Lasker received Academy Award nominations for the screenplay of *WarGames* and, with Walter F. Parkes, for Best Picture on *Awakenings*. In 2023 he won the Future of Life Award for his work on *WarGames*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Wrote (1)

- *WarGames* (1983), Fi1m 82, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/wargames.md)

### Produced (1) — the average rests on these

- *Awakenings* (1990), Fi1m 73, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/awakenings.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Other Side of the Wind* (2018), as Party Guest
- *WarGames: The Dead Code* (2008), Characters
- *Sneakers* (1992), Producer, Screenplay
- *Eddie Dodd* (1991), series, Producer, Creator
- *Awakenings* (1990), Producer — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/awakenings.md)
- *True Believer* (1989), Producer
- *Project X* (1987), Writer, Producer
- *WarGames* (1983), Writer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/wargames.md)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- 1991: Best Picture (nominated), for *Awakenings*
- 1984: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated), for *WarGames*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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