Lawrence Kasanoff

Personal Info

Know For

Production

Gender

Male

Birthday

1959-06-01 (66 years old)

Place of Birth

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Lawrence 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...

Acting

2020

2024

Rotten: Behind the Foodfight

as Archival Footage

2012

Foodfight!

as Cheasel T. Weasel (voice)

Production

1999

Beowulf

as Producer

1988

You Can't Hurry Love

as Executive Producer

1990

Class of 1999

as Executive Producer

1995

Mortal Kombat

as Producer

1990

Blue Steel

as Executive Producer

2010

1994

True Lies

as Executive Producer

1990

1989

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

as Executive Producer

1988

Dangerous Curves

as Executive Producer

2009

Bionicle: The Legend Reborn

as Executive Producer

1989

Far from Home

as Executive Producer

1991

A Gnome Named Gnorm

as Executive Producer

1987

Blood Diner

as Executive Producer

2012

Foodfight!

as Story

2012

Foodfight!

as Director

2012

LEGO Hero Factory: Breakout

as Executive Producer

1988

The Underachievers

as Executive Producer

1987

Party Camp

as Executive Producer

2025

Mortal Kombat II

as Executive Producer

1991

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

as Production Manager

1987

Dirty Dancing

as Production Manager

2021

Mortal Kombat

as Executive Producer

1989

Dream a Little Dream

as Executive Producer

1995

Strange Days

as Executive Producer

2012

Foodfight!

as Producer

2020

2023

My Home Unknown

as Executive Producer

2003

2012

Foodfight!

as Writer

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