Lawrence Woolner

{{short description|American film producer}}

Lawrence Henry Woolner (12 April 1912 – 21 July 1985) was an American film producer, distributor, exhibitor and executive. He worked with Roger Corman on a number of films, helping him found New World Pictures.[https://henryjenkins.org/2007/10/exploiting_feminism_an_intervi.html 'Exploiting Feminism: An Interview with Stephanie Rothman (Part Two)' Confessions of an Aca Fan: The Official Weblog of Henry Jenkins, Oct 16,2007] However he clashed with Corman and soon joined Warner Communications to set up his own company, Dimension Pictures, which ran for ten years.Fred Olen Ray, The new poverty row: independent filmmakers as distributors, McFarland, 1991[https://templeofschlock.blogspot.com/2009/04/dimension-pictures-1971-1981.html 'Dimension Pictures (1971-1981)' Temple of Schlock, April 29, 2009] He was the brother of producer Bernard Woolner.