Larry Schapiro
Office: HGH 234
lawrence.schapiro@sjsu.edu
After graduating from U.C. Santa Barbara in 1983, Lawrence attended U.S.C law school after which he began his career in the entertainment business as an attorney. In 1989, he left the practice of law to become a personal manager. Over a career that has spanned more than three decades, Lawrence has represented some of the biggest names in Motion Pictures, Television and Stand-up Comedy.
In 1995 Lawrence began his producing career. He has produced over a dozen film/television projects including: 鈥淭errified鈥� starring Heather Graham, 鈥淭able For One鈥� starring Rebecca De Mornay, and 鈥淧laying Mona Lisa鈥� starring Alicia Witt and Harvey Fierstein. Lawrence also produced his first comedy special 鈥淛ohn Pinette: I Say Nay Nay鈥�.
In 2006, Lawrence took some time off from producing to pursue a career as a screenwriter. This resulted in his co-writing the Sony Pictures release Bobby Z (credited under his pseudonym Allen Lawrence) starring the late Paul Walker, Laurence Fishburne and Olivia Wide.
Lawrence resumed his producing career in 2007 with his second comedy special 鈥淛ohn Pinette: I鈥檓 Starvin!鈥� for Comedy Central. He then produced two films for Sony Pictures: 鈥淶ombie Strippers!鈥� starring Jenna Jameson and Robert England and 鈥淚nsanitarium鈥� starring Jessie Metcalfe and Peter Stormare. Subsequent productions include 鈥淟ittle Girl Lost鈥� for Lifetime Television; 鈥淛ohn Pinette: Still Hungry鈥� for Comedy Central and 鈥淒ark Hearts鈥� starring Lucas Till.
In 2018, Lawrence Produced and Co-Directed the documentary, 鈥淛ohn Pinette: You Go Now鈥� which was chosen as the opening night film at the 2020 Cinequest Film Festival. Most recently, Lawrence Executive Produced the Lionsgate feature film, 鈥淎 Place In The Field鈥� as well as the upcoming Lionsgate film, 鈥淭he Duel鈥� starring Dylan Sprouse and Patrick Warburton and the Amazon film 鈥淥ne Fast Move鈥� starring K.J. Apa and Eric Dane.
Lawrence has been teaching Advanced Screenwriting at San Jose State University since 2016.
