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Lawrence Kasdan
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Film & TV
Miami, Florida, USA
Lawrence Edward Kasdan (born January 14, 1949) is an American filmmaker. He is the co-writer of the Star Wars films The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Return of the Jedi (1983), The Force Awakens (2015), and Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018). He also wrote Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and The Bodyguard (1992), and is the writer-director of Body Heat (1981), The Big Chill (1983), Silverado (1985), The…
Known for
- Marty, Life Is Short — Self (voice)2026
- Music by John Williams — Self - Filmmaker2024
- Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford — Self2023
- Kasdan on Kasdan — Self2018
- Five Came Back — Self2017
- Five Came Back — Self2017
- John Williams: The Seventh Symphony — Self2016
- A Conversation with the Masters: The Empire Strikes Back 30 Years Later — Self2011
- All of What Follows Is True: The Making of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' — Self2006
- Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool — Self2005
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Edward
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Miami
- Child
- Jon Kasdan
- Occupation
- director
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- Lawrence Kasdan by Gage Skidmore.jpg
- Work location
- United States
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- date of birth
- 1949-01-14
- Commons category
- Lawrence Kasdan
- nominated for
- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture
- birth name
- Lawrence Edward Kasdan
- start of work period
- 1980-00-00
- writing language
- English language
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Lawrence Kasdan
- member of
- Writers Guild of America West
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