Lawrence Kasanoff
As Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Threshold Entertainment Group, Lawrence Kasanoff is a renowned producer in the world of film, television, live stage, animation, and technological advances in the next generation of entertainment, both domestically and overseas. With expertise in developing dynamic content for the most recognizable brands in entertainment, Kasanoff is a forward-thinking entrepreneur who has established a competitive advantage with innovative ways to top the market and find success in both the creative and business side of the industry. Under his Threshold Entertainment Group banner, Kasanoff oversees the company's subsidiaries which include Threshold Entertainment, Threshold Animation Studios and Blackbelt TV. As a producer or studio head, Kasanoff has raised well over a billion dollars in the film business. He and his executive team have been instrumental in the production of over 250 feature films, including Dirty Dancing, and the Academy Award® winning Best Picture, Platoon. Collectively, in the music world, they hold over 200 Gold and Platinum Records, and have worked with several of the world's biggest artists, including Michael Jackson, The Rolling Stones, and Guns 'n Roses. Kasanoff and Threshold Entertainment Group have been profiled in The New York Times, The Wall St. Journal, USA Today, Time Magazine, Wired, Maxim and Playboy and have been featured on CNN, FOX News, ABC World News Tonight, CNBC, The Howard Stern Show, and more. As an Executive Producer, Kasanoff made such box-office smash hits as James Cameron's True Lies, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. As president and co-founder of Lightstorm Entertainment, Kasanoff supervised production, marketing, publicity, and merchandising for the four-time Academy Award® winning film, Terminator 2: Judgment Day. He produced two films, Blue Steel and Strange Days, with Academy Award® winning director, Kathryn Bigelow. Kasanoff's most prominent and widely regarded success of his intellectual property management model is Mortal Kombat. He produced all Mortal Kombat media including the two number one box office hit films, Mortal Kombat and Mortal Kombat: Annihilation. Kasanoff also produced a Mortal Kombat live-action television series, an animated series, platinum-selling soundtracks, a Radio City Music Hall Live Stage show, and a live tour. The Mortal Kombat franchise has grossed approximately $5 billion. Kasanoff oversees all facets of Threshold Entertainment, which produces live-action feature films and then produces that intellectual property on multiple media platforms. The company has several films in the pipeline, focused largely on sci-fi, fantasy, and action genres. Threshold Animation Studios develops computer-generated animated films, television series, and location-based entertainment, largely based on some of the world's biggest brands, including Star Wars, Lego, Marvel, and Star Trek. Through a unique technology alliance with IBM, Threshold built one of the most advanced digital production facilities in the world. Threshold Animation Studios productions include Lego Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out, which received a 2013 Annie Award nomination for Best Children Television Production; The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man theme park 3D ride film for Universal Studios Florida; Star Trek: Borg Invasion 4D location-based entertainment film for the Las Vegas Hilton and Justice League: Alien Invasion 3D for Warner Brothers Movie World. Threshold's Marvel Superheroes 4D is a first of its kind, immersive, 360 degree dome, 4D (stereoscopic 3D plus physical effects) show now playing in its third year in Madame Tussauds London. BLACKBELT TV is an SVOD service that targets 18-34-year-old guys in Emerging Markets via a proprietary MICROSOFT deal which allows the same delivery cost to consumers anywhere in the world. Its Martial Arts content appeals worldwide and universally to the target audience. Kasanoff holds an MBA from the Wharton School of Business and a BA from Cornell University.
Lawrence Kasdan
Lawrence Kasdan is an American filmmaker, producer and screenwriter. He directed Body Heat, Grand Canyon, The Big Chill, Silverado and Dreamcatcher. He wrote Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Bodyguard, The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, The Force Awakens and Solo: A Star Wars Story. He is married to Meg Goldman since 1971 and has two sons.
Lawrence Kimani
Lawrence Kimani is known for Chaguo (2022) and Country Queen (2022).
Lawrence Klausner
Lawrence Klausner is known for The Mark of a Killer (2019), RH Project (2021) and Son of Sam: The Hunt for a Killer (2017).
Lawrence Ko
Lawrence Ko was born on April 28, 1977 in Taipei, Taiwan. He is an actor, known for Se, jie (2007), Fan gun ba! A Xin (2011) and Nian nian (2015).
Lawrence Kochoa
Lawrence Kochoa is an actor and producer, known for Billboard (2019), Street Justice: The Bronx (2017) and Given Life (2020).
Lawrence Krauss
Lawrence Krauss is President of the Origins Project Foundation and Host of the Origins Podcast. He was formerly Foundation Professor in the School of Earth and Space Exploration and the Physics Department at Arizona State University, and before that Ambrose Swasey Professor and Chair of Physics, at CWRU, Assoc. Prof. of Physics and Astronomy at Yale University, and Fellow of the Harvard Society of Fellows. Krauss is an internationally known theoretical physicist with wide research interests, including the interface between elementary particle physics and cosmology, where his studies include the early universe, the nature of dark matter, general relativity and neutrino astrophysics. He has investigated questions ranging from the nature of exploding stars to issues of the origin of all mass in the universe. He has won numerous international awards for both his research and his efforts to improve the public understanding of science. Krauss is the only physicist to have received the top awards from all 3 US Physics Societies, the American Physical Society, the American Institute of Physics, and the American Association of Physics Teachers, and in 2012, he was awarded The National Science Board's prestigious Public Service Award for his many contributions to public education and understanding of science around the world. Among his other honors are include the 2013 Roma award, from the city of Rome, and the 2015 Humanist of the Year Award from the American Humanist Association. Krauss is the author of over 300 scientific publications, as well as numerous popular articles on science and current affairs. He is a commentator and essayist for newspapers such as The New York Times and The New Yorker and appears regularly on radio, television, and film. Krauss served as executive producer and subject of The Unbelievers, a documentary film that discusses science and reason with Richard Dawkins. He also stars in Werner Herzog's films Salt and Fire and Lo and Behold. He is the author of 10 popular books, including the New York Times bestsellers The Physics of Star Trek (1995) and A Universe from Nothing (2012). His book The Greatest Story Ever Told...So Far was released in March 2017. Krauss is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He served as the chair of the Board of Sponsors of The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists and was the Board of Directors of the Federation of American Scientists. He helped found ScienceDebate, which, in 2008, and 2012 helped raise issues of science and sound public policy in the Presidential elections in those years. Hailed, by Scientific American as a rare scientific Public Intellectual, Krauss has dedicated his time, throughout his career, to issues of science and society and has helped spearhead national efforts to educate the public about science, ensure sound public policy, and defend science against attacks at a variety of levels.
Lawrence Kruckeberg
Lawrence Kruckeberg is known for In Plain Sight (2008), 500 MPH Storm (2013) and Beyond the Reach (2014).
Lawrence Lanoff
Lawrence Lanoff is known for Romancing Sara (1995), The Chosen One: Legend of the Raven (1998) and Playing Dangerous (1995).
Lawrence Larkin
Lawrence Larkin is an actor and writer, known for Gangsters, Goons & Psychopaths (2013), Saint Dracula 3D (2012) and Hail of Bullets (2011).