Robert Lawrence

In the Winter of 2016, Variety (magazine) announced that Lin-Manuel Miranda would join Lawrence in producing TV and film adaptations of Patrick Rothfuss’ fantasy trilogy The Kingkiller Chronicle.

Lawrence founded Maysville Pictures along with George Clooney and together produced Rock Star before the two split in 1999. As an independent producer he started his own production company, Robert Lawrence Productions. Lawrence is best known as a producer on movies such as Clueless, Die Hard With A Vengeance and The Last Castle.

In 1986 Lawrence joined United Artists as the President of Motion Picture Production. During his time at United Artists, Lawrence oversaw productions of such films as Rain Man, Presumed Innocent (film) and Mrs. Doubtfire.

During this time, he screened the Hong Kong action film Legacy of Rage (1986) starring Brandon Lee and saw Lee's potential to be an action leading man in Hollywood. It led to their collaboration which was Lee's first lead in an American Studio film the action thriller Rapid Fire (1992).

In 1980 Lawrence joined Columbia Pictures as a Vice-President of Production and was named Executive Vice President of Worldwide Production for Columbia Pictures in March 1985, where he oversaw production of films such as Ghostbusters, The Karate Kid, Tootsie and Out of Africa.

Robert Lawrence (born June 3, 1952) is an American film producer and former studio executive.