Lawrence Garcia(II)
- Producer
- Additional Crew
New Mexico native Lawrence Garcia started his filmmaking career when he
moved to Los Angeles in 1980 to study Cinema and Television production
at the University of Southern California. He received his Bachelor of
Arts degree in 1984.
While at USC, Lawrence received an Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences sponsored scholarship that provided an Internship program at Columbia Studios. Garcia studied every aspect of the studio system that included story development, casting, production, marketing, advertising, distribution, and post-production.
Upon graduation, Garcia became a production assistant at Steven Spielberg's Amblin' Entertainment. There he worked on "The Money Pit," "Young Sherlock Holmes," "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" "Jurassic Park," "Empire of the Sun" and the television series, "Amazing Stories".
Garcia also worked for the Director of Development as a Story Editor on "Hook," "Always," the Academy Award winning "Schindler's List" and "Saving Private Ryan." Concurrently, while at Amblin,' he developed with David Kirshner Productions and director Don Bluth the animated Universal classics "An American Tail" and "The Land That Time Forgot".
As a screenwriter, Garcia sold a fantasy, romantic comedy called "Harry Scarry Wants to Marry" to Ron Howard's Imagine Entertainment. He was commissioned by Warner Bros. to write a coming of age story, "Us and Them" for producer Richard Donner, and an adaptation of the Kenneth Graham classic, "The Wind and the Willows" for Danny DeVito's Jersey Films at Columbia.
Garcia was then approached by Academy Award nominated director Spike Jonze to work on the critically received and box office success, "Being John Malkovich". The film won Best Picture by the National Board of Review, the National Society of Film Critics, the Los Angeles Film Critics Circle, and Broadcast Film Awards in addition to making hundreds of Top 10 Film Critics lists for 1999.
Also with Spike Jonze, Garcia worked on Clio awarding winning commercials for Levi's, Nike, Nissan, Wrangler, and Coca Cola. Garcia also worked on MTV Award winning videos for Bjork, Sean Lennon, Beastie Boys, Fat Boy Slim, Weezer, Jessica Simpson, Jennifer Lopez, and Eminem.
Following his stint with Spike at Propaganda Films, Garcia worked for Gravity Entertainment as the Vice-President of Development. There he developed and oversaw the production of "Bully," directed by "Kids" Larry Clark, starring Nick Stahl and Brad Renfro for Chris Hanley's Muse Productions in 2002. He also developed the Sundance bound "Saved" staring Mandy Moore, Jena Malone, Macauley Culkin, and Patrick Fugit for Michael Stipe's Single Cell Films that was released by United Artists in April 2004. Lawrence Garcia is currently producing a horror film titled "Primal Scream" and a CGI animated feature called "The Legend of Secret Pass."
While at USC, Lawrence received an Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences sponsored scholarship that provided an Internship program at Columbia Studios. Garcia studied every aspect of the studio system that included story development, casting, production, marketing, advertising, distribution, and post-production.
Upon graduation, Garcia became a production assistant at Steven Spielberg's Amblin' Entertainment. There he worked on "The Money Pit," "Young Sherlock Holmes," "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" "Jurassic Park," "Empire of the Sun" and the television series, "Amazing Stories".
Garcia also worked for the Director of Development as a Story Editor on "Hook," "Always," the Academy Award winning "Schindler's List" and "Saving Private Ryan." Concurrently, while at Amblin,' he developed with David Kirshner Productions and director Don Bluth the animated Universal classics "An American Tail" and "The Land That Time Forgot".
As a screenwriter, Garcia sold a fantasy, romantic comedy called "Harry Scarry Wants to Marry" to Ron Howard's Imagine Entertainment. He was commissioned by Warner Bros. to write a coming of age story, "Us and Them" for producer Richard Donner, and an adaptation of the Kenneth Graham classic, "The Wind and the Willows" for Danny DeVito's Jersey Films at Columbia.
Garcia was then approached by Academy Award nominated director Spike Jonze to work on the critically received and box office success, "Being John Malkovich". The film won Best Picture by the National Board of Review, the National Society of Film Critics, the Los Angeles Film Critics Circle, and Broadcast Film Awards in addition to making hundreds of Top 10 Film Critics lists for 1999.
Also with Spike Jonze, Garcia worked on Clio awarding winning commercials for Levi's, Nike, Nissan, Wrangler, and Coca Cola. Garcia also worked on MTV Award winning videos for Bjork, Sean Lennon, Beastie Boys, Fat Boy Slim, Weezer, Jessica Simpson, Jennifer Lopez, and Eminem.
Following his stint with Spike at Propaganda Films, Garcia worked for Gravity Entertainment as the Vice-President of Development. There he developed and oversaw the production of "Bully," directed by "Kids" Larry Clark, starring Nick Stahl and Brad Renfro for Chris Hanley's Muse Productions in 2002. He also developed the Sundance bound "Saved" staring Mandy Moore, Jena Malone, Macauley Culkin, and Patrick Fugit for Michael Stipe's Single Cell Films that was released by United Artists in April 2004. Lawrence Garcia is currently producing a horror film titled "Primal Scream" and a CGI animated feature called "The Legend of Secret Pass."