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Old Jacob: Work is the best thing for age.
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Charlie: We'll get you in the records books. "Oldest man that ever ran away with the circus."
Old Jacob: I'm not running away, I'm coming home.
Francis Lawrence
Francis Lawrence (Francis Lawrence) , born on March 26, 1971 in Vienna, Austria, is an Austrian American director and producer.
In 1993, he shot his first music video. In 1999, he shot the MV for the single " Waiting for Tonight ". In 2001, he filmed the MV "Alive" for the POD band. With this MV, he was nominated for Best Director in the 20th MTV Music Video Awards
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. In 2005, directed the film debut " Constantine ". In 2007, he filmed the apocalyptic science fiction movie " I Am Legend ", which had a global box office of 585 million US dollars
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. In 2008, he shot the MV for the single " Circus ", which won the best director nomination for the 26th MTV Music Video Awards
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. In 2009, he shot the MV for the popular song " Bad Romance ", which won the Best Director Award at the 27th MTV Music Video Awards
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In 2011, he directed the romantic movie " Water for Elephants ", which won the 38th People’s Choice Award for the most popular drama movie
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. On January 25, 2012, the directed suspense science fiction drama " Touch Season 1 " premiered. In 2013, directed the science fiction action film " The Hunger Games: Catching Fire ", which won the 39th Annual People's Choice Awards , the most popular movie, the most popular action movie, and the most popular grossing movie three awards
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. In 2014, directed the sci-fi action film " The Hunger Games: Mockingjay-Part 1 ", which was nominated for The forty-first American Film & TV Saturn Award for best sci-fi film
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. On November 20, 2015, the directed sci-fi action film " Mockingjay-Part 2 " was released
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. In 2018, directed the thriller and suspense film " Red Sparrow ".
Early Experience
Francis Lawrence was born in Vienna, Austria on March 26, 1971, and moved to Los Angeles with his family when he was three years old. University graduated from Loyola Marymount University School of Film and Television (Loyola Marymount University) , with a bachelor's degree in film production. During school, he served as the second assistant videographer in the musical drama " Pump Up the Volume "
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Performing Experience
In 1993, Francis Lawrence served as the first assistant director in the science fiction film " Marching Out of Time " directed by Anton Vassil ; subsequently, he shot his first music video for the A Western Front band in San Jose.
January 1, 1996, asThe single MV "For You I Will" shot was released; on February 27, the single MV "Ten in 2010" shot for Bad Religion was released. On November 1, 1999, the MV for J.Lo 's single " Waiting for Tonight " was released.
On September 11, 2001, the MV "Alive" filmed for the POD band was released. With this MV, it was nominated for Best Director at the 20th MTV Music Video Awards
; on November 6, it was Britney Jean Spears ' single " I The MV for'm A Slave 4 U'was released
; on November 13, the single MV “Whenever, Wherever” shot for Shaki was released
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On June 25, 2002, the MV for the single "Black Suits Comin' (Nod Ya Head)" by Willard Christopher Smith Jr was released
; on August 22, the song MV " Sk8er Boi " for Avril Lavigne was released . Ying
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On April 28, 2003, the MV for Justin Randall Timberlake's solo single " Cry Me a River " was released
. On June 22, 2004, the music video for the single " Let's Get It Started " by the Black Eyed Peas was released
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In 2005, he directed the thriller horror film " Constantine " co-starred by Keanu Reeves , Rachel Weisz , Katherine Matilda Swinton, etc. This film is Francis Lawrence's film debut
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In 2007, filmed the apocalyptic science fiction film " I Am Legend " co-starred by Willard Christopher Smith Jr , Alice Braga and SalliRichardson . The film's global box office reached 585 million US dollars
.
On December 2, 2008, the MV for the single " Circus " of Britney Jean Spears was released. With this MV, he was nominated for Best Director at the 26th MTV Music Video Awards
.
On March 15, 2009, the directed magical drama "The Kings" premiered, which was co-starred by Chris Egan, Ian McShane , Sebastian Stan, etc
.; November 18, sang the popular song " Bad Romance " for Lady Gaga The filmed MV was released
. The MV won the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards Best Short Music Video Award
, and Francis Lawrence won the Best Director Award at the 27th MTV Music Video Awards for the MV
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On April 22, 2011, the directed romantic movie " Water for Elephants " was released
, which won the 38th People’s Choice Award for Most Popular Drama Movie
; May 18, filming for Beyoncé ’s single " Run the World " MV released
.
On January 25, 2012, the directed suspense science fiction drama " Touch Season 1 " premiered, which was co-starred by Kiefer Sutherland , Danny Glover , David Mazouz and others
.
On February 8, 2013, the directed suspense science fiction drama " Touch Season 2 " was aired; on November 18, the directed science fiction action film " The Hunger Games: Catching Fire " premiered, which was produced by Jennifer Lawrence , Josh Hutcherson , Liam Hemsworth and others co-starred and won the 39th Annual People's Choice Awards , the most popular movie in the movie category, the most popular action movie, and the most popular grossing movie
.
On November 21, 2014, the directed sci-fi action film " The Hunger Games: Mockingjay-Part 1 " was released
, which was nominated for The forty-first American Film & TV Saturn Award for best sci-fi film
. On November 20, 2015, the directed sci-fi action film " Mockingjay-Part 2 " was released
.
On June 10, 2016, Francis Lawrence took over the sci-fi movie " Space Battle Star "
. In 2018, directed the thriller and suspense film " Red Sparrow " starring Jennifer Lawrence
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Personal Life
Francis Lawrence's father is a physicist who once worked at California State University Northridge; his mother is a senior technician in a public relations agency
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Character Evaluation
Francis Lawrence is gentle and elegant, and speaks concisely and powerfully. He pays much attention to the vision, and his films are visually impactful and interesting. In Francis Lawrence's film, the world becomes smaller and you can overlook it. But at the same time, the world is huge, and there is no way to see the margins. In the world he created, there are heaven and hell, survival and escape, killing and alliance. Movies are complicated, but he can make people see the whole world clearly. "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" directed by him is somewhat different from the first director Gary Rose in style, but from the point of view of plot coherence, there is no trace. He has integrated totalitarianism in the film's youth narrative. The following violent revolution made the film a cultural fable that was repeatedly staged in human history and the tribute rebelled against thumb determinism.
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