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Lawrence Kasanoff
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Lawrence Kasanoff

Born June 1, 1959 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA

15 films Website

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!. C-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography 15

Mortal Kombat II (2026) movie poster
Mortal Kombat II2026
Mortal Kombat (2021) movie poster
Mortal Kombat2021
Foodfight! (2012) movie poster
Foodfight!2012
LEGO: The Adventures of Clutch Powers (2010) movie poster
LEGO: The Adventures of Clutch Powers2010
Bionicle: The Legend Reborn (2009) movie poster
Bionicle: The Legend Reborn2009
Beowulf (1999) movie poster
Beowulf1999
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997) movie poster
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation1997
Mortal Kombat (1995) movie poster
Mortal Kombat1995
Strange Days (1995) movie poster
Strange Days1995
True Lies (1994) movie poster
True Lies1994
Blue Steel (1990) movie poster
Blue Steel1990
Class of 1999 (1990) movie poster
Class of 19991990
Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go to College (1990) movie poster
Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go to College1990
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud (1989) movie poster
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud1989
Blood Diner (1987) movie poster
Blood Diner1987