Lawrence Thurman, the Oscar-nominated producer of the graduate film, has died at the age of 96. He also produced The Great White Hope, Pretty Poison, American History X.
His family said Thurman died on July 1 at a cottage in Woodland Hills. Hollywood Reporter.
David Foster began his career with Stuart Rosenberg’s Drowning Pond (1975), starring Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward.
Thurman later founded his own association, which heads USC’s highly regarded Peter Stark production program, which runs until his retirement in 2021.
However, Thurman did not finish producing, in 1996 he and John Morrissey formed the Turman-Morrissey Co., which produced The Prey Challenge (1997) starring Jamie Foxx; American History X (1998), directed by Tony Kay, starring Oscar nominee Edward Norton as a neo-Nazi; and the comedy LL Cool J Kingdom Come (2001).
Thurman also produced two feature films, both of which he produced: The Marriage of the Young Stockbroker (1971), starring Richard Benjamin, and Second Thoughts (1983), starring Lucy Arnaz.
Thurman has directed more than 30 films and nearly a dozen television movies during his career.
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