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Lawrence Turman
Producer, Director, Writer
Born November 28, 1926Died July 1, 2023 (96 years)
Lawrence Turman (November 28, 1926 – July 1, 2023) was an American film producer. He was best known for serving as a producer of The Graduate (1967, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.)
Turman was born in Los Angeles, California on November 28, 1926, into a Jewish family. His father was Jacob Turman and his mother Esther Gldman Turman. Turman served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
Turman was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture as producer of The Graduate (1967). He also produced other films such as Pretty Poison (1968), The Great White Hope (1970), The Thing (1982),[6] Mass Appeal (1984), Short Circuit (1986), The River Wild (1994), and American History X (1998).
Turman was born in Los Angeles, California on November 28, 1926, into a Jewish family. His father was Jacob Turman and his mother Esther Gldman Turman. Turman served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
Turman was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture as producer of The Graduate (1967). He also produced other films such as Pretty Poison (1968), The Great White Hope (1970), The Thing (1982),[6] Mass Appeal (1984), Short Circuit (1986), The River Wild (1994), and American History X (1998).
Known For
Filmography
| 2011 | The Thing · as Executive Producer |
| 2001 | |
| 2001 | Kingdom Come · as Executive Producer |
| 2000 | Miracle on the Mountain: The Kincaid Family Story · as Executive Producer |
| 1998 | American History X · as Executive Producer |
| 1998 | The Long Way Home · as Executive Producer |
| 1997 | Booty Call · as Executive Producer |
| 1996 | Pretty Poison · as Executive Producer |
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| 1986 | News at Eleven · as Executive Producer |
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| 1982 | The Gift of Life · as Executive Producer |
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| 1974 | The Nickel Ride · as Executive Producer |
| 1974 | The Morning After · as Executive Producer |
| 1974 | Get Christie Love! · as Executive Producer |
| 1973 | She Lives! · as Executive Producer |
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| 1968 | Pretty Poison · as Executive Producer |
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| 1964 | |
| 1963 | Stolen Hours · as Executive Producer |
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