Point 2: Auteur Directors
Francis Lawrence Lawrence was born in Vienna, Austria. His father was a physicist who taught at California State University, Northridge and his mother is V.P. Technology at a PR agency. He moved to Los Angeles at the age of three. Lawrence worked as a 2nd assistant camera on the feature "Pump up the volume" directed by Allan Moyle prior to earning his bachelors degree in film production at the Loyole Marymouth University Film school. He went on to work as first AD on the feature Marching out of time directed by Anton Vassil in 1993. Francis Lawrence then joined ex-classmate Mike Rosen in co-directing music videos. Lawrence shot his first independent music video for the president of Atco Records Micheal Blakey with the band Tidal Force which became a great success. Soon, lawrence became known for his original and imaginative music video scripts and visual directing style. He eventually joined a major new production company and his successful career as a music video director, ...