Francis Lawrence He was born in Austria’s capital city, Vienna, and so far he has not revealed his date of birth to anyone, nor any kind of family relationships. This desire for your privacy is up to now.
However, it is known that after finishing high school in his native country, he traveled to the United States to become a filmmaker. There he obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Film Production at the Loyola Marymount University Film School.
After graduating, he worked for a time as a camera assistant, but seeing that this was not leading to anything, he decided to try another branch of art. That was how he partnered with his former partner Mike rosen and together they started filming music videos.
Soon, Lawrence He became famous for his genius and originality when it came to writing short scripts for videos, so he became part of a large company and was requested by many artists to direct their projects.
Since 1994 he began working with various artists, of which the first to stand out from the rest was Foreigner. By 1997 his fame had grown with local bands in the United States until Bad religion hired him to shoot “10 in 2010”.
Without a doubt, the fact that he was hired by one of America’s most iconic punk bands had to mean something. This was fully demonstrated when in May 1998 Aerosmith asked him to film “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing”.
The song was part of the official soundtrack of “Armageddon”, Where they worked Liv tyler, Bruce Willis Y Ben affleck, among others. The video, on its own side, was a resounding success and was at the top of the charts for many weeks.
From this moment on, great artists like Jennifer Lopez, Enrique Iglesias Y Ricky Martin they chose it for their videos: “One more night“,”Rhythm Divine” Y “Private Emotion”Respectively.
Later, Enrique Iglesias He called him again in July 2000 to take charge of directing “Could I Have This Kiss Forever”, Since he had been invited to record it with Whitney houston.
Without stopping for a single moment, the new millennium listed him as one of the most sought-after conductors among musicians. Artists like Destiny’s Child Y Nelly furtado he was also hired in 2000.
Already in 2001 he opened the year in January with the premiere of “The Call”One of the last releases made by the Backstreet boys. Then that same month, he worked on “Warning” from green Day. By February he returned with Aerosmith to roll “Jaded”.
In March of that same 2001 he recorded “Play” in order to Jennifer Lopez and in June “Someone to Call My Lover” from Janet jackson. To close the year he also worked with Shakira in the recording of “Lucky“And its version in English”Whenever, Wherever”.
Continuing with his high level of leadership, he directed to Garbage, Incubus, Alanis Morissette, Pink, Avril lavigne, Justin timberlake, The black eyed peas, gwen Stefani And till Nine Inch Nails.
It was only in 2005 that he ventured out of his musical world to go to the big screen. His budget was 100 million dollars and he was in charge of directing “Constantine”. In it they acted Keanu reeves Y Rachel Weisz making a success that collected more than 300 million dollars worldwide.
In 2007, after such success, he premiered with Will Smith “I am legend”(I am Legend) one of the highest grossing films of the year, since so far it has collected no less than 460 million dollars worldwide.
Currently, it is in the pre-production process of “Snow and the seven”, An action-adventure movie that probably has a Natalie Portman Y Jet Li as protagonists.