---
name: "Lawrie Doran"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/lawrie-doran"
fi1m_id: "lawrie-doran"
tmdb_id: 2164819
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-12T20:11:59.849229+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."
---

# Lawrie Doran

## Identity

Lawrie Doran

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/lawrie-doran
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** lawrie-doran
- **TMDB ID:** 2164819
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2164819

Writer. Born in Manchester, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2164819

## Biography

Lawrie Doran is a British screenwriter working in film and television. He graduated with an MA in Screenwriting from the London Film School in 2013 and is an alumnus of the BBC Pilot drama scheme and Torino FilmLab. He is a recipient of the John Brabourne Award.

Doran co-wrote the feature film *Islands* (2025), directed by Jan-Ole Gerster, which premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival. He also co-wrote *Speaking in Tongues* (2018). His screenplay *Yesterday Tomorrow Today* placed in the top three of the Brit List. He has developed television projects with companies including Big Talk, Kindle Entertainment and Rabbit Track Pictures.

Born and raised in Manchester, Doran now lives in London. Earlier in his career he wrote several short films, including *Carnivory* (2014) and *The Prevailing Winds* (2016).

*Sources: imdb.com, unitedagents.co.uk, lfs.org.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Islands* (2025), Fi1m 68, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/islands.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

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

- *Islands* (2025), Writer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/islands.md)
- *Sea Dragon* (2020), Writer
- *Speaking in Tongues* (2018), Writer
- *Cmd + Ctrl*, Writer

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