Lawrence Kasanoff

About

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.

Known for

Mortal Kombat IIMovie • 2026Terminator 2: Judgment DayMovie • 1991Strange DaysMovie • 1995Dirty DancingMovie • 1987Mortal KombatMovie • 2021True LiesMovie • 1994Mortal KombatMovie • 1995Mortal Kombat: ConquestSeries • 1998Foodfight!Movie • 2012Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the RealmSeries • 1996Mortal Kombat: AnnihilationMovie • 1997Bionicle: The Legend RebornMovie • 2009Blue SteelMovie • 1990LEGO: The Adventures of Clutch PowersMovie • 2010Class of 1999Movie • 1990Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go to CollegeMovie • 1990Blood DinerMovie • 1987BeowulfMovie • 1999Dream a Little DreamMovie • 1989A Gnome Named GnormMovie • 1991C.H.U.D. II: Bud the ChudMovie • 1989LEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes OutMovie • 2012Far from HomeMovie • 1989Bobbleheads: The MovieMovie • 2020