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Lawrence Edward Kasdan (born January 14, 1949) is an American filmmaker. He is the co-writer of the Star Wars films The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Return of the Jedi (1983), The Force Awakens (2015), and Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018).
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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.
- Writer, Producer, Director
- January 14, 1949
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Dec 21, 2021 · Dec. 21, 2021 9 AM PT. Thirty years ago this month, Lawrence Kasdan’s “ Grand Canyon ” came out. The film seemed almost prophetic in its examination of the fraught racial tensions in Los ...
Lawrence Kasdan. Writer: The Big Chill. 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.
- January 14, 1949
By LINDSEY BAHR. LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lawrence Kasdan isn’t afraid to play favorites. For him, Han Solo is it. He didn’t create the scruffy-looking smuggler. He hadn’t even heard the lore that George Lucas partially based Han on Francis Ford Coppola. But it was Kasdan who helped fully realize “Star Wars’” favorite scoundrel when he ...
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Aug 8, 2022 · Lawrence Kasdan, left, with George Lucas and Mark Hamill behind the scenes on Hoth during the production of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. Never-before-seen footage. Kasdan’s work on Raiders and Empire brought him into the orbit of ILM early in his career. Although he found their work exhilarating, tackling the documentary was the first ...
May 24, 2018 · Lawrence Kasdan: It's so exciting. Jonathan Kasdan: It was an unbelievable thing. Lawrence Kasdan: You know, Harrison’s work on Force Awakens was divided by his injury, and when he came back everything was redone, and Jon was able to see him come on to the Falcon when everybody was going nuts to see Harrison back on the Falcon. And that's the ...
