Lawrence Blume

Lawrence Blume was named one of the "Ten Rising Stars of Comedy" by the Hollywood reporter for his first feature-length film,Martin & Orloff (2002) which premiered at the 2002 US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen. The film has gone on to win the Chris Weztel Prize for Independent comedy from the Art Institute of Chicago, The Audience Award for Best Feature at the Lansing Film Festival, "Best of Fest" award at the Sarasota Film Festival, and was the headlining film at the Toyota NY Comedy Festival. 'Martin & Orloff' made its television debut on Comedy Central. Lawrence recently wrote and directed _Tiger Eyes (2011)_, based on the bestseller by his mother, Judy Blume. 'Tiger Eyes' stars Willa Holland, Cynthia Stevenson, Tatanka Means and Russell Means. It was shot on location in Santa Fe, Los Alamos and the surrounding canyons of northern New Mexico. It is scheduled for release in 2012. Blume has also directed two short dramatic films; "To Walk A City's Street" (Sci-Fi Channel), a science fiction thriller adapted from Clifford Simak's short story, and "Otherwise Known As Sheila The Great", a Weekend Special for ABC Television. Lawrence has been a sound designer, film editor, and was the founder/co-owner of PostWorks, New York's largest post-production company. As a pioneer in non-linear editing he ran the post-production center at the Sundance Filmmaker's Lab and worked as a consultant to Avid Technology.