Jonathan Fredrick Lawton is a screenwriter and director. Screen credits include Pretty Woman, Mistress, Blankman, Under Siege, and under the assumed name JD Athens Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death and Pizza Man starring Bill Maher. He is the son of Harry Lawton who wrote the book Tell them Willie Boy's Here which was made into a film starring Robert Blake and Robert Redford. Harry also founded the Creative Writing Program at the University of California at Riverside as well as helping found the California Museum of Photography and the Malki press. Lawton studied filmmaking at California State University, Long Beach and then wrote a number of screenplays, one of which, Three Thousand, was selected by the prestigious Sundance Institute for their screenwriting workshop. Three Thousand was later purchased by Disney Studios and the title changed to Pretty Woman. The film was directed by Garry Marshall and starred Richard Gere and Julia Roberts. It became the largest grossing live action film in Disney history with over $400 million in world wide box office. Lawton was nominated for a Writer's Guild of America Award and a British Academy Award for this screenplay. He executive produced his next original screenplay, Under Siege starring Tommy Lee Jones and Steven Seagal for Warner Bros. It broke records for a fall theatrical release and a successful sequel followed Under Siege II: Dark Territory. Lawton co-wrote Mistress with Barry Primus. He also wrote and directed The Hunted, which starred Christopher Lambert and John Lone for Universal Pictures. He co-wrote Blankman and Chain Reaction. He created and exec produced the Sony Television hit syndicated show V.I.P. starring Pamela Anderson through a successful five year run. Lawton's latest film, Dead or Alive, will be released in 2006 and he is developing Under Siege III. His brother is the folk artist, George Lawton. (more)
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Genres: entertainment, movies
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The Hunted (1995 film):
The Hunted is a 1995 film directed by J. F. Lawton and starring Christopher Lambert, John Lone and Joan Chen. The score features music by the Japanese taiko troupe, KodÅ.
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Pizza Man:
Pizza Man is a 1991 comedy starring Bill Maher and Annabelle Gurwitch and written and directed by J.F. Lawton. The film received a PG-13 rating by the MPAA.
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Pretty Woman:
Pretty Woman is a 1990 romantic comedy film. The film centers around the titular character, down-on-her-luck prostitute Vivian Ward (Julia Roberts) who is hired by a wealthy businessman and corporate raider, Edward Lewis (Richard Gere) to be his esco
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Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death:
Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death is a 1989 cult classic film and starring Shannon Tweed and Bill Maher. The film is a campy send-up of pop culture motifs and societal trends, including feminism (and feminist movements' fragmentation arou
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Under Siege:
Under Siege is a 1992 action film in the Die Hard mold. Directed by Andrew Davis, it stars Steven Seagal as a former Navy SEAL who must stop a group of mercenaries, led by Tommy Lee Jones, on a U.S. Navy battleship. It was followed by a 1995 sequel,
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Universal Studios:
Universal Studios (sometimes called Universal Pictures or Universal City Studios), a subsidiary of NBC Universal, is a major Global American motion picture company. Its production studios are located at 100 Universal City Plaza Drive in Universal Cit
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Robert Redford:
Charles Robert Redford, Jr. (born August 18 1937) is an Academy Award-winning American motion picture director, actor, producer, businessman, model, environmentalist and philanthropist.
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Julia Roberts:
Julia Fiona Roberts (born October 28 1967) is an American film actress and former fashion model. She became well known during the early 1990s after starring in the romantic comedy Pretty Woman opposite Richard Gere, which grossed US $463 million worl
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California State University, Long Beach:
California State University, Long Beach (also known as Cal State Long Beach, CSU Long Beach, Long Beach State, CSULB, LBSU, or The Beach) is the second largest campus of the California State University system and the third largest university in the s
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Tommy Lee Jones:
Tommy Lee Jones (born September 15, 1946) is an Academy Award-, Golden Globe-, Screen Actors Guild- and Emmy Award-winning American actor and director. He is well known for his appearances in a string of Hollywood blockbuster films in the 1990s.
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