Lawrence Alan "Larry" Kasanoff (born June 1, 1959) is an American filmmaker who founded the Vestron Pictures genre subsidiary Lightning Pictures in 1986, Lightstorm Entertainment with James Cameron in 1990 and Threshold Entertainment in 1993. He is known for films such as the Mortal Kombat movie franchise including the 1995 Mortal Kombat, its sequel Mortal Kombat: Annihilation and its spin-off series Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm and Mortal Kombat: Conquest. He also served as executive producer of the 2021 reboot. Some other films he has produced include Blood Diner, Blue Steel, True Lies, and Lego: The Adventures of Clutch Powers and directing the infamous animated box-office bomb, Foodfight!. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lawrence Kasanoff, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 2026Mortal Kombat II — Executive Producer
• 2024Rotten: Behind the Foodfight — Archival Footage
• 2023My Home Unknown — Executive Producer
• 2021Mortal Kombat — Executive Producer
• 2020Bobbleheads: The Movie — Producer
• 2015Mindfulness: Be Happy Now — Director
• 2012Foodfight! — Cheasel T. Weasel (voice), Director, Story, Producer, Writer
• 2012LEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out — Executive Producer
• LEGO Hero Factory — Producer
• 2010LEGO: The Adventures of Clutch Powers — Executive Producer
• 2009Bionicle: The Legend Reborn — Executive Producer
• 2003クリスタナ・ローケン T-X — Executive Producer
• 1999Beowulf — Producer
• Mortal Kombat: Conquest — Producer
• 1997Mortal Kombat: Annihilation — Producer, Story
• Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm — Executive Producer
• 1995Mortal Kombat — Producer
• 1995Mortal Kombat: The Journey Begins — Producer
• 1995Strange Days — Executive Producer
• 1994True Lies — Executive Producer
• 1991A Gnome Named Gnorm — Executive Producer
• 1991Terminator 2: Judgment Day — Production Manager
• 1991The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day' — Executive Producer
• 1990Blue Steel — Executive Producer
• 1990Class of 1999 — Executive Producer
• 1990Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go to College — Executive Producer
• 1989C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud — Executive Producer
• 1989Dream a Little Dream — Executive Producer
• 1989Far from Home — Executive Producer
• 1988Dangerous Curves — Executive Producer
• 1988The Underachievers — Executive Producer
• 1988You Can't Hurry Love — Executive Producer
• 1987Blood Diner — Executive Producer
• 1987Dirty Dancing — Production Manager
• 1987Party Camp — Executive Producer
• X Factor in the Jungle — Producer

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2020Insert Coin — Self