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Lawrence Kasanoff

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Born June 1, 1959 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Also known as Larry Kasanoff

Biography

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.

Filmography27 titles

Mindfulness: Be Happy Now

2015Director

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

1991Production Manager

Mortal Kombat II

2026Executive Producer

Dirty Dancing

1987Production Manager

True Lies

1994Executive Producer

Mortal Kombat

2021Executive Producer

Mortal Kombat: Conquest

1998Producer

Strange Days

1995Executive Producer

Insert Coin

2020as Self

LEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out

2012Executive Producer

Class of 1999

1990Executive Producer

Mortal Kombat

1995Producer

LEGO: The Adventures of Clutch Powers

2010Executive Producer

Blue Steel

1990Executive Producer

Dream a Little Dream

1989Executive Producer

Far from Home

1989Executive Producer

Blood Diner

1987Executive Producer

Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go to College

1990Executive Producer

You Can't Hurry Love

1988Executive Producer

Bobbleheads: The Movie

2020Producer

A Gnome Named Gnorm

1990Executive Producer

Mortal Kombat: Annihilation

1997Producer, Story

Beowulf

1999Producer

C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud

1989Executive Producer

Dangerous Curves

1988Executive Producer

Foodfight!

2012as Cheasel T. Weasel (voice)

My Home Unknown

2023Executive Producer