Lawrence Turman

After spending time working in the family textile business, Lawrence Turman entered show business as a talent agent in the 1950s. By 1960, he had formed a producing partnership with Stuart Millar that yielded the soapy "The Young Doctors" (1961) and the critically recognized political drama "The Best Man" (1964). Turman had perhaps his crowning achievement early as co-producer of Mike Nichols' seminal "The Graduate" (1967). After scoring with the film version of the Broadway drama "The Great White Hope" (1970), he entered into a prolific collaboration with fellow producer David Foster that resulted in such well regarded Broadway-based films, like "Mass Appeal" (1984) and youth films, like "Short Circuit" (1986) and "Gleaming the Cube" (1989). Joining with Emese Green, the newly formed TFG Films produced the Meryl Streep adventure film "The River Wild" (1991). That same year, Turman accepted the directorship of the Peter Stark Motion Picture Producing Program at USC. More recently, he and John Morrissey created a new producing entity whose first feature was "American History X" (1998), starring Edward Norton and Edward Furlong.

• Also Credited As:
  Larry Turman, Lawrence Turman
• Born:
  November 28, 1926 in Los Angeles, California, USA
• Job Titles:
  Producer, Director, Professor, Screenwriter, Talent agent, Textile employee

Family

• Father: Jack Turman. in textile business
• Son: Andrew P Turman. born in September 1963
• Son: John D Turman. born in August 1959
• Son: Peter J Turman. born in October 1965

Significant Others

• Wife: Laurie Turman.

Education

• University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California

Milestones

• 1960 With Stuart Millar, formed Millar-Turman Productions
• 1961 Produced first film, The Young Doctors
• 1964 Last film with Stuart Millar, The Best Man
• 1967 Formed own production company, Lawrence Turman, Inc.; first feature The Flim-Flam Man
• 1967 Was co-producer of The Graduate ; earned Best Picture Oscar nomination
• 1971 Film directing debut, The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker ; also produced
• 1973 Executive produced first TV-movie, She Lives (ABC)
• 1975 With David Foster, formed Turman-Foster Company (date approximate)
• 1983 Directed second feature Second Thoughts ; also scripted
• 1986 Produced comedy hit, Short Circuit
• 1991 Founded TFG film and TV production company with David Foster and independent producer Emese Green
• 1991 Named director of the Peter Stark Motion Picture Producing Program at USC
• 1994 Produced Meryl Streep action film, The River Wild
• 1996 Returned to TV-movies with small screen remake of Pretty Poison (Fox)
• 1996 With John Morrissey, formed Turman/Morrissey Company; briefly took over Rastar Productions
• Began showbiz career as a talent agent with the Kurt Frings Agency
• Was executive producer of TV series Get Christie Love (ABC)
• Worked in father s texile business for five years