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Lawrence Bender Biography

Birth Name:Lawrence Kirk Bender

Birth Place:The Bronx, New York City, New York, United States

Profession Producer, Actor, Camera department, Writer, Assistant director, Music department

Fast Facts

When two of his films, "Good Will Hunting" and "Jackie Brown," both simultaneously competed at the Berlin Film Festival, he became the only producer to have ever had two films do so
Graduated from the University of Maine in 1979 with a degree in Civil Engineering
After graduating from college, he pursued a career as a ballet dancer for several years before injuries forced him to go in a different direction
Quote: "I had been failing as a dancer and an actor for about 10 years, and I started to understand that all my training had prepared me to produce․"
Usually appears in a small role in the films he produces
Began producing Quentin Tarantino's films almost exclusively starting with "Reservoir Dogs․"
Convinced Quentin Tarantino to raise significant money to make cult classic "Reservoir Dogs" instead of making it on a $50,000 budget