Lawrence Kasanoff

Lawrence Kasanoff

Production·Age 67 — born June 1, 1959·Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Lawrence Alan "Larry" Kasanoff (born June 1, 1959) is an American filmmaker who founded the Vestron Pictures genre subsidiary Lightning Pictures in 1986, Lightstorm Entertainment with James Cameron in 1990 and Threshold Entertainment in 1993. He is known for films such as the Mortal Kombat movie franchise including the 1995 Mortal Kombat, its sequel Mortal Kombat: Annihilation and its spin-off series Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm and Mortal Kombat: Conquest. He also served as executive producer of the 2021 reboot. Some other films he has produced include Blood Diner, Blue Steel, True Lies, and Lego: The Adventures of Clutch Powers and directing the infamous animated box-office bomb, Foodfight!. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lawrence Kasanoff, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
33Credits3 TV · 30 films
1987–2026Years activefirst to latest
9.5 Highest ratedMindfulness: Be Happy Now
5.9 Average ratingacross 33 titles

Top TV shows 3best Lawrence Kasanoff shows

  1. 1LEGO Hero Factory posterLEGO Hero FactoryProducer · 17 eps · 20107.5
  2. 2Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm posterMortal Kombat: Defenders of the RealmExecutive Producer · 13 eps · 19967.1
  3. 3Mortal Kombat: Conquest posterMortal Kombat: ConquestProducer · 22 eps · 19987.0

Top movies 30best Lawrence Kasanoff movies

  1. 1Mindfulness: Be Happy Now posterMindfulness: Be Happy NowDirector · 20159.5
  2. 2Terminator 2: Judgment Day posterTerminator 2: Judgment DayProduction Manager · 19918.2
  3. 3Mortal Kombat II posterMortal Kombat IIExecutive Producer · 20268.0
  4. 4Rotten: Behind the Foodfight posterRotten: Behind the FoodfightArchival Footage · 20247.8
  5. 5Dirty Dancing posterDirty DancingProduction Manager · 19877.3
  6. 6True Lies posterTrue LiesExecutive Producer · 19947.1
  7. 7The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day' posterThe Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day'Executive Producer · 19917.1
  8. 8Mortal Kombat posterMortal KombatExecutive Producer · 20217.0
  9. 9Strange Days posterStrange DaysExecutive Producer · 19957.0
  10. 10LEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out posterLEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes OutExecutive Producer · 20126.4
  11. 11Class of 1999 posterClass of 1999Executive Producer · 19906.1
  12. 12Mortal Kombat posterMortal KombatProducer · 19955.9
  13. 13Blue Steel posterBlue SteelExecutive Producer · 19905.8
  14. 14Bionicle: The Legend Reborn posterBionicle: The Legend RebornExecutive Producer · 20095.8
  15. 15LEGO: The Adventures of Clutch Powers posterLEGO: The Adventures of Clutch PowersExecutive Producer · 20105.8
  16. 16Dream a Little Dream posterDream a Little DreamExecutive Producer · 19895.8
  17. 17Far from Home posterFar from HomeExecutive Producer · 19895.5
  18. 18Blood Diner posterBlood DinerExecutive Producer · 19875.4
  19. 19Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go to College posterGhoulies III: Ghoulies Go to CollegeExecutive Producer · 19905.2
  20. 20The Underachievers posterThe UnderachieversExecutive Producer · 19884.8
  21. 21You Can't Hurry Love posterYou Can't Hurry LoveExecutive Producer · 19884.8
  22. 22A Gnome Named Gnorm posterA Gnome Named GnormExecutive Producer · 19914.7
  23. 23Bobbleheads: The Movie posterBobbleheads: The MovieProducer · 20204.6
  24. 24Mortal Kombat: Annihilation posterMortal Kombat: AnnihilationStory · Producer · 19974.6
  25. 25Beowulf posterBeowulfProducer · 19994.4
  26. 26C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud posterC.H.U.D. II: Bud the ChudExecutive Producer · 19894.4
  27. 27Party Camp posterParty CampExecutive Producer · 19874.3
  28. 28Mortal Kombat: The Journey Begins posterMortal Kombat: The Journey BeginsProducer · 19953.9
  29. 29Dangerous Curves posterDangerous CurvesExecutive Producer · 19883.2
  30. 30Foodfight! posterFoodfight!Cheasel T. Weasel (voice) · 20122.0

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