Personal Info
Birth date
1957-10-17 (67 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Production
Place of birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also known as
-Lawrence Bender
Biography
Lawrence Bender is an American film producer.
Filmography
The L Word
7.631
Overview:
A group of lesbian friends struggle with romance and careers in Los Angeles.Omnibus
7.2
Overview:
Omnibus was an arts-based BBC television documentary series, broadcast mainly on BBC1 in the United Kingdom. The programme was the successor to the long-running arts-based series 'Monitor'. It ran from 1967 until 2003, usually being transmitted on Sunday evenings. During its 35-year history, the programme won 12 Bafta awards. Among the series' best remembered documentaries are Cracked Actor, a profile of David Bowie, and Rene Magritte, a graduate film by David Wheatley, 'Madonna: Behind the American dream', a film produced by Nadia Hagger, and a profile of the British film director Ridley Scott. For a season in 1982, the series was in a magazine format presented by Barry Norman. The series was replaced by 'Imagine' hosted by Alan Yentob.Roswell, New Mexico
7.8
Overview:
After reluctantly returning to her tourist-trap hometown of Roswell, New Mexico, the daughter of undocumented immigrants discovers a shocking truth about her teenage crush who is now a police officer—he’s an alien who has kept his unearthly abilities hidden his entire life. She protects his secret as the two reconnect and begin to investigate his origins, but when a violent attack and long-standing government cover-up point to a greater alien presence on Earth, the politics of fear and hatred threaten to expose him and destroy their deepening romance.Pulp Fiction
8.488
Overview:
A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.Flesh and Bone
6.75
Overview:
Claire, a talented but emotionally troubled dancer, joins a company in New York City, and soon finds herself immersed in the tough and often cutthroat world of professional ballet. The dark and gritty series will unflinchingly explore the dysfunction and glamour of the ballet world.Inglourious Basterds
8.214
Overview:
In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds, lead by Lt. Aldo Raine soon cross paths with a French-Jewish teenage girl who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers.Hacksaw Ridge
8.193
Overview:
WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.Good Will Hunting
8.158
Overview:
Headstrong yet aimless, Will Hunting has a genius-level IQ but chooses to work as a janitor at MIT. When he secretly solves highly difficult graduate-level math problems, his talents are discovered by Professor Gerald Lambeau, who decides to help the misguided youth reach his potential. When Will is arrested for attacking a police officer, Professor Lambeau makes a deal to get leniency for him if he gets court-ordered therapy. Eventually, therapist Dr. Sean Maguire helps Will confront the demons that are holding him back.Kill Bill: Vol. 1
7.971
Overview:
An assassin is shot by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their assassination circle – but she lives to plot her vengeance.Reservoir Dogs
8.12
Overview:
A botched robbery indicates a police informant, and the pressure mounts in the aftermath at a warehouse. Crime begets violence as the survivors -- veteran Mr. White, newcomer Mr. Orange, psychopathic parolee Mr. Blonde, bickering weasel Mr. Pink and Nice Guy Eddie -- unravel.Dr. Vegas
4.5
Overview:
Dr. Vegas is a television drama starring Rob Lowe and Joe Pantoliano that ran on CBS in 2004. It aired in Ireland on TG4, and on Challenge in the UK as part of its "Player" gambling strand. In Slovakia, Markíza began airing the show on February 20, 2008. The series co-starred Sarah Lancaster, Amy Adams, and Tom Sizemore. Chazz Palminteri filled in for Tom Sizemore when the actor re-entered rehab in 2004. Broadcast of the October 29 episode included a promotion prior to the end credits showing footage of the never-aired sixth episode.Legend of Earthsea
5.8
Overview:
A reckless young man is destined to become the greatest sorcerer the mystical land of Earthsea has ever known.Kill Bill: Vol. 2
7.876
Overview:
The Bride unwaveringly continues on her roaring rampage of revenge against the band of assassins who had tried to kill her and her unborn child. She visits each of her former associates one-by-one, checking off the victims on her Death List Five until there's nothing left to do … but kill Bill.Jackie Brown
7.358
Overview:
Jackie Brown is a flight attendant who gets caught in the middle of smuggling cash into the country for her gunrunner boss. When the cops try to use Jackie to get to her boss, she hatches a plan — with help from a bail bondsman — to keep the money for herself.From Dusk Till Dawn
7.028
Overview:
After kidnapping a father and his two kids, the Gecko brothers head south to a seedy Mexican bar to hide out in safety, unaware of its notorious vampire clientele.Rocketman
7.318
Overview:
The story of Elton John's life, from his years as a prodigy at the Royal Academy of Music through his influential and enduring musical partnership with Bernie Taupin.Lionheart
6.563
Overview:
Lyon Gaultier is a deserter in the Foreign Legion arriving in the USA entirely hard up. He finds his brother between life and death and his sister-in-law without the money needed to heal her husband and to maintain her child. To earn the money needed, Gaultier decides to take part in some very dangerous clandestine fights.Safe
6.491
Overview:
After a former elite agent rescues a 12-year-old Chinese girl who's been abducted, they find themselves in the middle of a standoff between Triads, the Russian Mafia and high-level corrupt New York City politicians and police.The Chicano Squad
8.5
Overview:
Chronicles the groundbreaking team of bilingual patrol officers plucked from their beats and suddenly promoted to Detectives to form the first all-Latin homicide unit dedicated to tackling Houston's soaring rate of Latin homicide cases in 1979.The Harder They Fall
6.7
Overview:
Gunning for revenge, outlaw Nat Love saddles up with his gang to take down enemy Rufus Buck, a ruthless crime boss who just got sprung from prison.Greta
6.574
Overview:
A young woman returns a lonely widow’s lost purse, leading to an unlikely relationship between the two — until the young woman discovers the widow might not be all that she seems.Four Rooms
5.861
Overview:
It's Ted the Bellhop's first night on the job...and the hotel's very unusual guests are about to place him in some outrageous predicaments. It seems that this evening's room service is serving up one unbelievable happening after another.Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
8
Overview:
An assassin is shot and almost killed by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their assassination circle – but she lives to plot her vengeance.Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
6.411
Overview:
In pre-revolution Cuba, Katey Miller is about to defy everyone's expectations. Instead of a parent-approved suitor, Katey is drawn to the sexy waiter, Javier, who spends his nights dancing in Havana's nightclubs. As she secretly learns to dance with Javier, she learns the meanings of love, sensuality and independence.Fresh
7.2
Overview:
Death and violence anger twelve year old drug courier Fresh, who sets his rival employers against each other.Goal!
6.762
Overview:
Like millions of kids around the world, Santiago harbors the dream of being a professional footballer... However, living in the Barrios section of Los Angeles, he thinks it is only that—a dream. Until one day an extraordinary turn of events has him trying out for Premiership club Newcastle United.The Forest
5.225
Overview:
Set in the Aokigahara Forest, a real-life place in Japan where people go to end their lives. Against this backdrop, a young American woman comes in search of her twin sister, who has mysteriously disappeared.The Mexican
5.936
Overview:
Jerry Welbach, a reluctant bagman, has been given two ultimatums: The first is from his mob boss to travel to Mexico and retrieve a priceless antique pistol, known as "the Mexican"... or suffer the consequences. The second is from his girlfriend Samantha to end his association with the mob. Jerry figures alive and in trouble with Samantha is better than the more permanent alternative, so he heads south of the border.Acting
2019QT8: The First Eight as Self (archive footage)
2013Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking as Self
2011Slashed Prices: The Making of Intruder as Self
2007The Junior Defenders as Interviewee
2007TED: The Future We Will Create as Himself
2004The Making of 'Kill Bill Vol. 2' as Self
2004The L Word (1 Episode) as Self
2003The Making of 'Kill Bill Vol. 1' as Self
2002Jackie Brown: How It Went Down as Self
2002Pulp Fiction: The Facts as Self - Producer
2001Knockaround Guys as Bar Patron
2001The Mexican as Vegas Onlooker
1998Full Tilt Boogie as Self
1998Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs as Self
1996From Dusk Till Dawn as Man in Diner (Uncredited)
1995Four Rooms as Long Hair Yuppy Scum
1995White Man's Burden as Bar Patron #1
1994Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder as Self
1994Pulp Fiction as Long Hair Yuppy Scum
1994Fresh as Long Hair Yuppie Drug Purchaser
1992Reservoir Dogs as Young Cop
1990Lionheart as Garage Fight Heckler
1989Intruder as Officer Adams
1967Omnibus (1 Episode) as Self
Production
2024The Chicano Squad (2 Episodes) ... Executive Producer
2024How Kids Roll ... Producer
2023Adventures of the Naked Umbrella ... Executive Producer
2021The Harder They Fall ... Producer
2020Cops and Robbers ... Producer
2020Two Distant Strangers ... Producer
2020Capone ... Producer
2019Rocketman ... Producer
2019Greta ... Producer
2019Roswell, New Mexico (52 Episodes) ... Executive Producer
2018Zoe ... Executive Producer
2017An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power ... Executive Producer
2016Hacksaw Ridge ... Executive Producer
2016The Forest ... Executive Producer
2015Flesh and Bone (8 Episodes) ... Executive Producer
2014Alien Abduction ... Producer
2012Safe ... Producer
2011Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair ... Producer
2010Countdown to Zero ... Producer
2009Inglourious Basterds ... Producer
2008Killshot ... Producer
200788 Minutes ... Executive Producer
2006An Inconvenient Truth ... Producer
2005Goal! ... Executive Producer
2005The Great Raid ... Producer
2005The Chumscrubber ... Producer
2005Innocent Voices ... Producer
2004Legend of Earthsea (2 Episodes) ... Executive Producer
2004Dr. Vegas (10 Episodes) ... Producer
2004Kill Bill: Vol. 2 ... Producer
2004The Survivors Club ... Executive Producer
2004Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights ... Producer
2003Kill Bill: Vol. 1 ... Producer
2001Knockaround Guys ... Producer
2001The Mexican ... Producer
2000From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter ... Executive Producer
1999Anna and the King ... Producer
1999From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money ... Executive Producer
1998A Price Above Rubies ... Producer
1997Jackie Brown ... Producer
1997Good Will Hunting ... Producer
1996From Dusk Till Dawn ... Executive Producer
1995Four Rooms ... Producer
1994Pulp Fiction ... Producer
1994Fresh ... Producer
1993Killing Zoe ... Executive Producer
1992Reservoir Dogs ... Producer
1989Tale of Two Sisters ... Producer
1989Intruder ... Producer
Crew
1997Jackie Brown ... Executive Music Producer
Writing
1989Intruder ... Writer
Camera
1986Telephone ... Dolly Grip