Lawrence Lasker

{{short description|American screenwriter and producer (born 1949)}}

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{{BLP sources|date=June 2021}}

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| name = Lawrence Lasker

| image = Lawrence Lasker at WarGames 25th anniversary showing.jpg

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| caption = Lasker at WarGames screening, 2008

| birth_name = Lawrence Charles Lasker

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|10|7}}

| birth_place = Los Angeles County, California, U.S.

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| alma_mater = Yale University

| occupation = {{cslist|Film producer|screenwriter}}

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| parents = {{ubl|Edward Lasker|Jane Greer}}

| family = Albert Lasker (grandfather)
Frances Lasker Brody (aunt)
Doris Kenyon {{nobr|(step-grandmother)}}
Mary Woodard Lasker
(step-grandmother)

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Lawrence Charles Lasker (born October 7, 1949) is an American screenwriter and producer who entered American film in 1983 as writer of the movie WarGames.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/2008/07/ff-wargames/ |title=WarGames: A Look Back at the Film That Turned Geeks and Phreaks Into Stars |date=July 21, 2008 |author=Brown, Scott |magazine=Wired}}{{Cite web |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba9cc63b4 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621080659/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba9cc63b4 |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 21, 2018 |title=Lawrence Lasker |accessdate=June 17, 2021 |publisher=British Film Institute}}