10 Facts About Lawrence Sher

Lawrence Sher made his directorial debut with Father Figures, which began a wide theatrical release on December 22,2017, by Warner Bros.

Lawrence Sher was nominated for an Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography for the 2019 film Joker, directed by Phillips.

Lawrence Sher's father, Paul, had been a doctor at New York University Medical Center, while his mother, Joan, was a teacher and taught at the Queens-based Lexington School for the Deaf.

Lawrence Sher has maintained his connections to Teaneck, staying in the basement of his aunt's home there during the filming of Garden State, where he was able to use love of his home state to make location shots there make it appear as what The Record described as a "verdant wonderland".

Lawrence Sher attended Wesleyan University, where he initially planned to pursue a career in medicine followed by his identical twin brother Andy, who later became a urologist.

Lawrence Sher started as a gaffer on a video shoot and an assistant on commercials before working his way up to cinematography.

Lawrence Sher achieved critical success with the 2004 movie Garden State.

Lawrence Sher has worked on 2007's Dan in Real Life starring Steve Carell and Juliette Binoche and the 2009 release I Love You, Man with Paul Rudd.

In January 2020, Lawrence Sher was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for his work on the movie Joker, but lost to Roger Deakins for 1917.

Lawrence Sher was previously married to Jessica Aronoff from 1998 to 2017.