---
name: "Robert Lawrence"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/robert-lawrence"
fi1m_id: "robert-lawrence"
imdb_id: "nm0492994"
tmdb_id: 1460574
wikidata_id: "Q28124339"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "3 June 1952"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 67
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-04T21:47:35.757136+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."
---

# Robert Lawrence

## Identity

Robert Lawrence

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/robert-lawrence
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** robert-lawrence
- **IMDb ID:** nm0492994
- **TMDB ID:** 1460574
- **Wikidata ID:** Q28124339
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Lawrence_(producer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28124339, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0492994/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1460574

Producer. Born 3 June 1952 in New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 3 June 1952, New York City, New York, USA
- **Active:** 1991–1995
- **Average Fi1m score:** 67, as producer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 67 to 58 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Thriller 2, Action 1, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Mystery 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $438m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Lawrence_(producer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28124339, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0492994/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1460574

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Clueless*](https://film.one/film/clueless.md) (84)

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

## Biography

Robert Lawrence is an American film producer and former studio executive. He was born in New York City and grew up in Great Neck, New York. He graduated with honours from the University of California, Berkeley, and attended the Graduate Screenwriting Program at the UCLA School of Film and Television.

Lawrence began his career in the story department at Paramount Pictures before joining the Robert Evans unit as a writer. He later served as vice-president of production at Columbia Pictures and as executive vice-president of worldwide production there from 1985, overseeing films including *Ghostbusters* (1984), *The Karate Kid* (1984), *Tootsie* (1982) and *Out of Africa* (1985). In 1986 he became president of motion picture production at United Artists. As an independent producer he co-founded Maysville Pictures with George Clooney and established Robert Lawrence Productions.

His producing credits include *Clueless* (1995), *Down Periscope* (1996), *The Last Castle* (2001), *Rock Star* (2001) and *Mozart and the Whale* (2005). He was executive producer on *Die Hard with a Vengeance* (1995).

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Clueless* (1995), Fi1m 84, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/clueless.md)
- *Die Hard: With a Vengeance* (1995), Fi1m 78, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/die-hard-with-a-vengeance.md)
- *A Kiss Before Dying* (1991), Fi1m 38, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/a-kiss-before-dying.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

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

- *The Varnell Hill Show* (2026), series, Executive Producer
- *Mindcage* (2022), Executive Producer
- *Martin: The Reunion* (2022), Executive Producer
- *Martin Lawrence Doin’ Time* (2016), Producer
- *Mozart and the Whale* (2005), Producer
- *Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat* (2002), Executive Producer
- *The Last Castle* (2001), Producer
- *Rock Star* (2001), Producer
- *Nothing to Lose* (1997), Associate Producer
- *Gang in Blue* (1996), Executive Producer
- *Down Periscope* (1996), Producer
- *Clueless* (1995), Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/clueless.md)
- *Die Hard: With a Vengeance* (1995), Executive Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/die-hard-with-a-vengeance.md)
- *Rapid Fire* (1992), Producer
- *A Kiss Before Dying* (1991), Producer — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/a-kiss-before-dying.md)
- *It Takes Two* (1988), Producer
- *Clueless*, series, Executive Producer
- *Untitled Blue Streak Sequel*, Producer

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