| Marc Lawrence | |
| Birth Date: | 22 October 1959 |
| Birth Place: | Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Nationality: | American |
| Alma Mater: | Binghamton University |
| Years Active: | 1984–present |
| Notable Works: | Two Weeks Notice Music and Lyrics Did You Hear About the Morgans? The Rewrite Noelle |
| Children: | Clyde LawrenceGracie LawrenceLinus Lawrence |
Marc Lawrence (born October 22, 1959) is an American director, screenwriter, and producer.
Lawrence is best known for his numerous collaborations with Sandra Bullock and Hugh Grant. He wrote the comedy films Forces of Nature (1999), Miss Congeniality (2000), and (2005). He wrote and directed the comedy films Two Weeks Notice (2002), Music and Lyrics (2007), Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009), The Rewrite (2014), and Noelle (2019).
Lawrence was born on October 22, 1959, in Brooklyn. In 1981, he graduated from Binghamton University with a degree in English and attended New York University School of Law for one year.[1]
Lawrence moved to Los Angeles after college and served as a staff writer and then supervising producer on NBC's Family Ties from 1984 to 1989.[2]
Lawrence has written films such as Life with Mikey (1993), Forces of Nature (1999), the remake of The Out-of-Towners (1999), Miss Congeniality (2000), and its sequel (2005). He has both written and directed Two Weeks Notice (2002), Music and Lyrics (2007), Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009), The Rewrite (2014), and Noelle (2019).[3]
Lawrence met his wife, Linda, when he was in college. The couple lives in New York City and have three children: Clyde, Gracie, and Linus.[4] Clyde and Gracie are the frontman and frontwoman of an 8-piece soul-pop band, Lawrence, and are signed to Jon Bellion's record label, Beautiful Mind Records.[5]
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Life with Mikey | ||||
| 1999 | Forces of Nature | ||||
| The Out-of-Towners | |||||
| 2000 | Miss Congeniality | ||||
| 2002 | Two Weeks Notice | ||||
| 2005 | |||||
| 2007 | Music and Lyrics | ||||
| 2009 | Did You Hear About the Morgans? | ||||
| 2014 | The Rewrite | ||||
| 2019 | Noelle |
The numbers in credits refer to the number of episodes.
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Executive Producer | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984–1989 | Family Ties | (30) | (29) | Also story editor (31 episodes) | ||
| 1985 | Family Ties Vacation | TV movie | ||||
| 1994 | Sweet Valley High | (1) | Episode: "The Curse of Lawrence Manson" | |||
| Monty | (1) | (13) | Creator | |||
| 1995 | Pride & Joy | (3) | (3) | (6) | Creator |
| Year | Title | Film | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | "Miss United States" | Miss Congeniality | Co-writer and producer |
| 2002 | "Baby (You've Got What It Takes)" | Two Weeks Notice | Harmonica accompaniment (as Blind Lemon Lipschitz) |
| 2007 | "Buddha's Delight" | Music and Lyrics | Co-writer |
| "Bad Hot Witch" | Co-writer | ||
| "Love Autopsy" | Writer | ||
| "Slam" | Co-writer |