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Lawrence Kasdan
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Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Executive Producer Born: January 14, 1949 in Miami Beach, FL Biography:The archetypal Hollywood baby boomer, American director "Lawrence Kasdan" planned to be an English teacher upon his graduation from the University of Michigan. Instead, he began writing for Chicago-based TV commercials, winning several awards in the process. He eventually tried his hand at screenwriting and, after numerous disappointments, earned a credit on "The Empire Strikes Back" (1980), which led to his scripting of "George Lucas"' story for "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (1981).
Kasdan's first directing job was "Body Heat" (1981), a film noir for the 1980s which inevitably echoed the '40s classics in its genre, although made a great deal of money and secured the stardom of newcomer "Kathleen Turner". Kasdan's script for "Continental Divide" (1981), based in part on the roisterous career of Chicago columnist Mike Royko, didn't do as well as "Body Heat", but he made up for it with "The Big Chill"... Full Biography
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