Lawrence Schiller
| Lawrence Schiller | |
|---|---|
| Born |
December 28, 1936 New York City, New York |
| Occupation | producer, director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1971 - present |
Lawrence Julian Schiller (born December 28, 1936) is a noted American film producer, director and screenwriter.
Schiller was born in 1936 in Brooklyn, and grew up outside of San Diego, California. After attending Pepperdine College in Los Angeles, he worked for Life magazine, Paris Match, The Sunday Times, Time, Newsweek, Stern, and The Saturday Evening Post as a photojournalist. He published his first book, LSD, in 1966. Since then he has published seventeen books, including W. Eugene Smith's Minamata and Norman Mailer's Marilyn. Having edited and produced the 1967 Capitol Records audio documentary album Why Did Lenny Bruce Die?, he collaborated with Albert Goldman on Ladies and Gentleman, Lenny Bruce in 1974, and also with Norman Mailer on the 1982 made-for-television film adaptation of The Executioner's Song as well as Oswald's Tale in 1995. His own books that became national bestsellers and made the New York Times Bestseller list include American Tragedy, Perfect Murder, Perfect Town, Cape May Court House, and Into the Mirror.
He has directed seven motion pictures and miniseries for television; The Executioner's Song and Peter the Great won five Emmys. American Tragedy, Perfect Murder, Perfect Town and Into the Mirror were made into television mini-series for CBS, all of which Schiller produced and directed. In 2008, after the death of the writer Norman Mailer, he was named Senior Advisor to the Norman Mailer Estate and is the Managing Director of The Norman Mailer Center, in New York, NY, which he created with Norris Mailer. Schiller was a close friend of Mailer and collaborator on five of his works, and represents the Norman Mailer Licensing company.
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