Lawrence Kasanoff

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.

Most Famous Work

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Mortal Kombat: Conquest

(1998) Producer

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Terminator 2: Judgment Day

(1991) Production Manager

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Mortal Kombat

(2021) Executive Producer

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True Lies

(1994) Executive Producer

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Mortal Kombat

(1995) Producer

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Mortal Kombat: Annihilation

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LEGO: The Adventures of Clutch Powers

(2010) Executive Producer

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Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm

(1996) Executive Producer

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2020	Self	Insert Coin 2020-11-25 Movie
2012	Cheasel T. Weasel (voice)	Foodfight! 2012-06-15 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Production

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2021	Executive Producer	Mortal Kombat 2021-04-07 Movie
2020	Producer	Bobbleheads: The Movie 2020-12-08 Movie
2012	Producer	Foodfight! 2012-06-15 Movie
2010	Producer	LEGO Hero Factory 2010-09-20 TV Show
	Executive Producer	LEGO: The Adventures of Clutch Powers 2010-05-28 Movie
2009	Executive Producer	Bionicle: The Legend Reborn 2009-08-24 Movie
1999	Producer	Beowulf 1999-04-01 Movie
1998	Producer	Mortal Kombat: Conquest 1998-10-03 TV Show
1997	Producer	Mortal Kombat: Annihilation 1997-11-11 Movie
1996	Executive Producer	Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm 1996-09-21 TV Show
1995	Executive Producer	Strange Days 1995-10-13 Movie
	Producer	Mortal Kombat: The Journey Begins 1995-08-28 Movie
	Producer	Mortal Kombat 1995-08-18 Movie
1994	Executive Producer	True Lies 1994-07-15 Movie
1991	Production Manager	Terminator 2: Judgment Day 1991-07-03 Movie
	Executive Producer	The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day' 1991-01-01 Movie
1990	Executive Producer	Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go to College 1990-08-15 Movie
	Executive Producer	Class of 1999 1990-04-01 Movie
	Executive Producer	Blue Steel 1990-03-16 Movie
	Executive Producer	A Gnome Named Gnorm 1990-01-17 Movie
1989	Executive Producer	Far from Home 1989-06-30 Movie
	Executive Producer	C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud 1989-05-05 Movie
	Executive Producer	Dream a Little Dream 1989-03-03 Movie
1988	Executive Producer	Dangerous Curves 1988-09-23 Movie
	Executive Producer	The Underachievers 1988-06-01 Movie
	Executive Producer	You Can't Hurry Love 1988-01-20 Movie
1987	Executive Producer	Blood Diner 1987-07-24 Movie
	Executive Producer	Party Camp 1987-06-19 Movie
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Directing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2015	Director	Mindfulness: Be Happy Now 2015-11-10 Movie
2012	Director	Foodfight! 2012-06-15 Movie
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Writing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2012	Story	Foodfight! 2012-06-15 Movie
	Writer	Foodfight! 2012-06-15 Movie
1997	Story	Mortal Kombat: Annihilation 1997-11-11 Movie
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