1. Francis Lawrence was born on March 26,1971 and is an American filmmaker and producer.
17 Facts About Francis Lawrence
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Francis Lawrence's father was a theoretical physicist who taught at California State University, Northridge, and his mother is a vice president of technology at a public-relations agency based in his hometown.
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Francis Lawrence moved to Los Angeles at the age of four.
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Francis Lawrence worked as second assistant camera on the feature Pump Up the Volume directed by Allan Moyle prior to earning his bachelor's degree in film production at Loyola Marymount University Film School.
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Francis Lawrence went on to work as first assistant director on the feature Marching Out of Time directed by Anton Vassil in 1993.
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Francis Lawrence then joined ex-classmate Michael Jason Rosen in co-directing music videos.
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Francis Lawrence directed his first music videos for the San Jose band A Western Front.
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Rosen and Francis Lawrence made the two videos for a total of $3,000 with Jeffrey Michael Cutter, another ex-classmate, shooting for them.
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Soon, Francis Lawrence became known for his original and imaginative music video scripts and visual directing style.
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Francis Lawrence eventually joined a major new production company and his successful career as music video director includes having worked with stars Rihanna, Green Day, Britney Spears, Black Eyed Peas, Jay-Z, Melanie C, Avril Lavigne, Aerosmith, Janet Jackson, Jennifer Lopez, Lady Gaga, Fastball, Lisa Marie Presley, Destiny's Child, Garbage, Goo Goo Dolls, Gwen Stefani, Shakira, Pink, Nelly Furtado, En Vogue, Monica, Missy Elliott, Justin Timberlake, and the Backstreet Boys.
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In 2012, Francis Lawrence directed and executive produced the pilot episode of the Fox paranormal series Touch.
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Francis Lawrence is currently signed to DNA Inc In 2011, he won a Grammy Award for Best Music Video, Short Form for directing Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance" music video.
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Francis Lawrence was officially confirmed as the director for the film on May 3,2012.
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Francis Lawrence is currently working on a film adaptation of the novel Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk.
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Francis Lawrence directed Red Sparrow, based on the novel of the same name by Jason Matthews, and featuring The Hunger Games star Jennifer Francis Lawrence and Joel Edgerton.
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Francis Lawrence signed on to direct The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, an adaptation of the Hunger Games prequel novel by original author Suzanne Collins, in April 2020.
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In March 2022, it was announced that Lawrence would be directing a feature adaptation of Kevin J Anderson and Steven L Sears' Stalag-X, to be written by Joy Wilkinson.