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{{short description|American director, screenwriter, and producer}}{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2013}}{{For|fantasy author|Mark Lawrence (author)}}

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| birth_place = Brooklyn, New York, U.S.United States>American| alma_mater = Binghamton University

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{edih}| years_active = 1984–presentTwo Weeks Notice Music and Lyrics Did You Hear About the Morgans? The Rewrite Noelle (2019 film)>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 (Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous) (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).

Early life

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.WEB,weblink 'Rewrite' returns director to BU, Kocher, Chris, Pressconnects, en, 2020-03-24,

Career

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.Ashley Scott Meyers, "Writer/director Marc Lawrence talks about his new film The Rewrite", sellingyourscreenplay.com.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 (Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous) (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).NEWS, Perry, Spencer, Disney Sets Release Dates for Aladdin, Artemis Fowl, & More,weblink September 13, 2017, ComingSoon.net, September 12, 2017,

Personal life

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.WEB,weblink "Did You Hear About the Morgans?" PremiereDirector Marc Lawrence, Gracie Lawrence, Linus Lawrence, Clyde Lawrence12-14-2009 / Ziegfeld Theater / New York, NY / Sony Pictures / Photo by Cecelia Post - Image 23840_0046 {{!, Most iconic images of the 20th century {{!}} MPTV Images|website=www.mptvimages.com|access-date=2020-03-24}} 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.WEB,weblink Review – Jon Bellion Electrified and Improvised at the Fillmore, 2019-07-23, 303 Magazine, en-US, 2020-03-24,

Filmography

Film{| class"wikitable"

!Year!Title!Director!Writer!Producer|1993|Life with Mikey|{{no}}|{{yes}}Co-producer}}1999Forces of Nature (1999 film)>Forces of Nature|{{no}}|{{yes}}|{{no}}The Out-of-Towners (1999 film)>The Out-of-Towners|{{no}}|{{yes}}|{{no}}|2000Miss Congeniality (film)>Miss Congeniality|{{no}}|{{yes}}Executive}}|2002|Two Weeks Notice|{{yes}}|{{yes}}|{{no}}|2005|(Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous)|{{no}}|{{yes}}|{{yes}}|2007|Music and Lyrics|{{yes}}|{{yes}}|{{no}}|2009|Did You Hear About the Morgans?|{{yes}}|{{yes}}|{{no}}|2014|The Rewrite|{{yes}}|{{yes}}|{{no}}|2019Noelle (2019 film)>Noelle|{{yes}}|{{yes}}|{{no}}

Television

The numbers in credits refer to the number of episodes.{| class="wikitable"!Year!Title!Director!Writer!Executive Producer!Notes|1984–1989|Family Ties|{{no}}|{{yes}} (30)Supervising}} (29)|Also story editor (31 episodes)|1985|Family Ties Vacation|{{no}}|{{yes}}|{{no}}|TV movie 1994Sweet Valley High (TV series)>Sweet Valley High|{{yes}} (1)|{{no}}|{{no}}|Episode: "The Curse of Lawrence Manson"Monty (TV series)>Monty|{{no}}|{{yes}} (1)|{{yes}} (13)|Creator|1995Pride & Joy (TV series)>Pride & Joy|{{yes}} (3)|{{yes}} (3)|{{yes}} (6)|Creator

Music{| class"wikitable"

!Year!Title!Film!Notes|2000|"Miss United States"Miss Congeniality (film)>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

References

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External links

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