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 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.
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Movies (33)
Mortal Kombat II
Executive Producer (Production)
2026
Rotten: Behind the Foodfight
as Archival Footage
2024
My Home Unknown
Executive Producer (Production)
2023
Mortal Kombat
Executive Producer (Production)
2021
Bobbleheads: The Movie
Producer (Production)
2020
Insert Coin
as Self
2020
Mindfulness: Be Happy Now
Director (Directing)
2015
LEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out
Executive Producer (Production)
2012
Foodfight!
as Cheasel T. Weasel (voice)
2012
LEGO: The Adventures of Clutch Powers
Executive Producer (Production)
2010
Bionicle: The Legend Reborn
Executive Producer (Production)
2009
クリスタナ・ローケン T-X
Executive Producer (Production)
2003
Beowulf
Producer (Production)
1999
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
Producer (Production)
1997
Strange Days
Executive Producer (Production)
1995
Mortal Kombat: The Journey Begins
Producer (Production)
1995
Mortal Kombat
Producer (Production)
1995
True Lies
Executive Producer (Production)
1994
The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day'
Executive Producer (Production)
1991
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Production Manager (Production)
1991
A Gnome Named Gnorm
Executive Producer (Production)
1991
Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go to College
Executive Producer (Production)
1990
Class of 1999
Executive Producer (Production)
1990
Blue Steel
Executive Producer (Production)
1990
Far from Home
Executive Producer (Production)
1989
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud
Executive Producer (Production)
1989
Dream a Little Dream
Executive Producer (Production)
1989
Dangerous Curves
Executive Producer (Production)
1988
The Underachievers
Executive Producer (Production)
1988
You Can't Hurry Love
Executive Producer (Production)
1988
Dirty Dancing
Production Manager (Production)
1987
Blood Diner
Executive Producer (Production)
1987
Party Camp
Executive Producer (Production)
1987
