Lawrence Turman (born November 28, 1926) is an American former film producer.

Early life

Turman was born to a

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family.

Career

Turman was nominated for an Academy Award for ''

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'' (1967). He has also produced such films as '' Pretty Poison'' (1968), ''

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'' (1970), '' The Thing'' (1982), '' Mass Appeal'' (1984), ''

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'' (1986), ''

The River Wild ''The River Wild'' is a 1994 American adventure thriller film directed by Curtis Hanson and starring Meryl Streep, Kevin Bacon, David Strathairn, John C. Reilly, Benjamin Bratt, and Joseph Mazzello as Roarke. It is about a family on a whitewater ...

'' (1994), and ''

American History X ''American History X'' is a 1998 American crime drama film directed by Tony Kaye and written by David McKenna. The film stars Edward Norton and Edward Furlong as two brothers from Los Angeles who are involved in the white power skinhead and neo ...

'' (1998). He has also directed two films: '' The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker'' (1971) and '' Second Thoughts'' (1983). He was co-partner on The Turman/Foster Company with David Foster, which was established in 1972, to make theatrical films, which was increasingly prominent in television production, in order to eye on television movies, and planned work on series, and eyeing television sales, and the company ran under contract to

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, developing their failed television pilots, like ''Mass Appeal''. Turman is a member of the Producers Guild Hall of Fame, and is on the board of the Producers Branch of the

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. He currently serves as the director of

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at the

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. Turman published the book ''So You Want to be a Producer'' with

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in 2005. In 2014, he appeared as a guest critic on the fourth season of the web series '' On Cinema''. In 2015, he appeared as himself in ESPN's

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documentary ''Trojan War''.

Filmography

* ''

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'' (1961) * ''

I Could Go On Singing ''I Could Go On Singing'' is a 1963 British-American musical drama film directed by Ronald Neame, starring Judy Garland (in her final film role) and Dirk Bogarde. Originally titled ''The Lonely Stage'', the film was renamed so that audiences wo ...

'' (1963) * '' Stolen Hours'' (1963) * '' The Best Man'' (1964) * '' The Flim-Flam Man'' (1967) * ''

'' (1967) * '' Pretty Poison'' (1968) * ''The Flim-Flam Man'' (1969) (TV) * ''

'' (1970) * '' The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker'' (1971) (also director) * '' She Lives!'' (1973) (TV) * ''

Get Christie Love! ''Get Christie Love!'' is an American crime drama TV series starring Teresa Graves as an undercover African-American female detective which originally aired on ABC from January 22, 1974, until April 5, 1975. The starring television role made Gr ...

'' (1973) (TV) * '' The Morning After'' (1974) (TV) * ''Unwed Father'' (1974) (TV) * '' The Nickel Ride'' (1974) * '' The Drowning Pool'' (1975) * ''

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'' (1977) * '' First Love'' (1977) * ''

Walk Proud ''Walk Proud'' is a 1979 American hood drama film directed by Robert L. Collins and written by Evan Hunter and starring Robby Benson, Sarah Holcomb, Henry Darrow, Pepe Serna, Trinidad Silva and Ji-Tu Cumbuka. It was released on June 15, 1979, b ...

'' (1979) * ''

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'' (1981) * ''Between Two Brothers'' (1982) (TV) * ''The Gift of Life'' (1982) (TV) * '' The Thing'' (1982) * '' Second Thoughts'' (1983) (also director) * '' Mass Appeal'' (1984) * '' The Mean Season'' (1985) * ''News at Eleven'' (1986) (TV) * ''

'' (1986) * '' Running Scared'' (1986) * ''

Short Circuit 2 ''Short Circuit 2'' is a 1988 American science fiction comedy film, the sequel to the 1986 film ''Short Circuit''. It was directed by Kenneth Johnson and starred Fisher Stevens as Ben Jahveri, Michael McKean as Fred Ritter, Cynthia Gibb as Sandy ...

'' (1988) * ''

Full Moon in Blue Water ''Full Moon in Blue Water'' is a 1988 film directed by Peter Masterson. It stars Gene Hackman and Teri Garr. Plot Floyd owns a bar called the Blue Water Grill in a town of that name on an island off the gulf coast of Texas. He has lost interest i ...

'' (1988) * ''

Gleaming the Cube ''Gleaming the Cube'' (also known as ''A Brother's Justice'' and ''Skate or Die''; released in the Philippines as ''Challenge to Win Again'') is a 1989 American neo-noir film directed by Graeme Clifford and starring Christian Slater as Brian Ke ...

'' (1989) * '' The Getaway'' (1994) * ''

'' (1994) * ''Pretty Poison'' (1996) (TV) * ''

Booty Call ''Booty Call'' is a 1997 American buddy comedy film, written by J. Stanford Parker (credited as Bootsie) and Takashi Bufford, and directed by Jeff Pollack. The film stars Jamie Foxx, Tommy Davidson, Vivica A. Fox, and Tamala Jones. Plot Rus ...

'' (1997) * '' The Long Way Home'' (1997) (TV) * ''

'' (1998) * '' Miracle on the Mountain: The Kincaid Family Story'' (2000) (TV) * '' Kingdom Come'' (2001) * '' What's the Worst That Could Happen?'' (2001) * '' The Thing'' (2011)

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