Lawrence Bender

Born 1957 · American film producer

Lawrence Bender is an American film producer. Throughout his career, Bender-produced films have received 36 Academy Award nominations, resulting in eight wins.

Lawrence Bender, in order

1. 1907 Ben Hur (short film): produced · directed by Frank Oakes Rose and Sidney Olcott
2. 1989 Intruder: produced · directed by Scott Spiegel
3. 1989 Tale of Two Sisters: produced · directed by Adam Rifkin
4. 1990 Lionheart: acted · directed by Sheldon Lettich · critics 45%, audiences 53% · streaming on Prime Video, fuboTV, Roku Channel
5. 1992 Reservoir Dogs: produced, acted · directed by Quentin Tarantino · critics 90%, audiences 94% · streaming on Prime Video
6. 1994 Fresh: produced · directed by Boaz Yakin
7. 1994 Pulp Fiction: produced, acted · directed by Quentin Tarantino · critics 92%, audiences 96% · streaming on Apple TV, Paramount+, Kanopy
8. 1995 Four Rooms: produced, acted · directed by Alexandre Rockwell and Allison Anders · critics 14%, audiences 69% · streaming on Kanopy, Hoopla
9. 1995 White Man's Burden: produced, acted · directed by Desmond Nakano · critics 24%, audiences 36%
10. 1996 From Dusk till Dawn: acted · directed by Robert Rodriguez · critics 63%, audiences 76% · streaming on MGM+, Kanopy, Hoopla
11. 1997 Full Tilt Boogie: acted · directed by Sarah Kelly · critics 86%, audiences 64%
12. 1997 Good Will Hunting: produced · directed by Gus Van Sant · critics 97%, audiences 94% · streaming on Prime Video, Paramount+, Kanopy
13. 1997 Jackie Brown: produced · directed by Quentin Tarantino · critics 88%, audiences 85%
14. 1998 A Price Above Rubies: produced · directed by Boaz Yakin
15. 1999 Anna and the King: produced · directed by Andy Tennant
16. 1999 From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money: produced · directed by Scott Spiegel · critics 9%, audiences 20% · streaming on Paramount+
17. 1999 From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter: produced · directed by P. J. Pesce · critics 22%, audiences 24% · streaming on Paramount+
18. 2001 Knockaround Guys: produced · directed by Brian Koppelman and David Levien · critics 22%, audiences 51%
19. 2001 The Mexican: produced, acted · directed by Gore Verbinski · critics 56%, audiences 44% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+, MGM+
20. 2003 Kill Bill: Volume 1: produced · directed by Quentin Tarantino · critics 85%, audiences 81% · streaming on Fandango at Home (free)
21. 2004 Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights: produced · directed by Guy Ferland
22. 2004 Earthsea (TV movie): produced · directed by Robert Lieberman
23. 2004 Kill Bill: Volume 2: produced, acted · directed by Quentin Tarantino · critics 84%, audiences 89% · streaming on Fandango at Home (free)
24. 2004 Voces inocentes: produced · directed by Luis Mandoki
25. 2005 The Chumscrubber: produced · directed by Arie Posin · critics 38%, audiences 75% · streaming on Kanopy, Hoopla
26. 2005 The Great Raid: produced · directed by John Dahl
27. 2006 An Inconvenient Truth: produced · directed by Davis Guggenheim
28. 2008 Killshot: produced · directed by John Madden
29. 2009 Inglourious Basterds: produced · directed by Quentin Tarantino · critics 89%, audiences 88% · streaming on Prime Video, Hulu
30. 2010 Countdown to Zero: produced · directed by Lucy Walker
31. 2012 Safe: produced · directed by Boaz Yakin
32. 2018 Greta: produced · directed by Neil Jordan
33. 2019 Rocketman: produced · directed by Dexter Fletcher · critics 89%, audiences 88% · streaming on Paramount+, Kanopy, Hoopla
34. 2020 Two Distant Strangers (short film): produced · directed by Martin Desmond Roe and Travon Free
35. 2021 The Harder They Fall: produced · directed by The Bullitts
36. 2024 How Kids Roll: produced
37. 2025 Red Alert (TV series): produced · directed by Lior Chefetz