Andrew Lauer
Encyclopedia
Life and career
Lauer may be best known to America acting as "Charlie" on the hit NBCNBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
comedy series Caroline in the City
Caroline in the City
Caroline in the City is an American situation comedy that ran from September 21, 1995 to April 26, 1999 on the NBC television network. It starred Lea Thompson as cartoonist Caroline Duffy. The series premiered in the two-hour Thursday night block led by Friends.-Premise:Caroline Duffy is a...
. He recently wrapped principal photography directing the motion picture Adventures of a Teenage Dragon Slayer
Adventures of a Teenage Dragon Slayer
Adventures of a Teenage Dragon Slayer is a 2010 Live action fantasy film directed by Andrew Lauer.- Cast :* Hunter Allan* Lea Thompson* Wendie Malick* Amy Pietz* Eric Lutes* Andrew Lauer- Trivia :...
starring Lea Thompson
Lea Thompson
Lea Katherine Thompson is an American actress and director. She is best known for her 1990s NBC situation comedy Caroline in the City and her portrayal of Lorraine Baines McFly, Marty McFly's mother, in the Back to the Future trilogy...
and Wendie Malick
Wendie Malick
Wendie Malick is an American actress and former fashion model, known for her roles as Judith Tupper Stone on the HBO series Dream On , Nina Van Horn on the NBC sitcom Just Shoot Me! , Ronee Lawrence on the NBC sitcom Frasier and Victoria Chase on the TV Land sitcom Hot in Cleveland .-Early...
. The film will be released in theaters Spring 2011. Lauer’s next project Gridiron Heroes follows fallen high school football players and will be executive produced by Peter Berg
Peter Berg
Peter Berg is an American actor, film director, producer and writer. He is known for directing films such as Friday Night Lights, The Kingdom, The Rundown, Hancock and Battleship. He also developed the television series Friday Night Lights, which was adapted from the film he directed. As an actor...
and narrated by Jason Bateman
Jason Bateman
Jason Kent Bateman is an American television and film actor. After appearing in several 1980s and 1990s sitcoms including It's Your Move, and The Hogan Family, Bateman came to prominence in the early 2000s for playing Michael Bluth on Arrested Development, for which he won a TV Land, a Golden...
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He also had triple duties directing/writing/producing the short film The Tehuacan
Tehuacán
Tehuacán is the second largest city in the Mexican state of Puebla, nestled in the Southeast Valley of Tehuacán, bordering the states of Oaxaca and Veracruz. The 2010 census reported a population of 248,716 in the city and 274,906 in its surrounding municipality of the same name, of which it serves...
Project, about deaf children defying incredible obstacles in rural Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
. Brad Pitt
Brad Pitt
William Bradley "Brad" Pitt is an American actor and film producer. Pitt has received two Academy Award nominations and four Golden Globe Award nominations, winning one...
executive produced. Adrien Brody
Adrien Brody
Adrien Brody is an American actor and film producer. He received widespread recognition and acclaim after starring in Roman Polanski's The Pianist . Winning the Academy Award for Best Actor in 2003 at age 29, he is the youngest actor to do so...
narrated the film with Esai Morales
Esai Morales
Esai Manuel Morales is an American actor. He is well known for his role as Bob Morales in the 1987 biopic La Bamba. He also appeared in the PBS drama American Family and in the Showtime series Resurrection Blvd.. However, he is best known for his roles as Lt...
; Prior to that he received critical acclaim for his feature film Intermedio
Intermedio (film)
Intermedio is an American horror film released in March 2005.-Cast:-Synopsis:In a small California town, Malik along with his former girlfriend Gen her friend Barbie , and another friend named Wes take a weekend getaway to an old ghost town where Malik and Gen played when they were younger.The...
, a supernatural
Supernatural
The supernatural or is that which is not subject to the laws of nature, or more figuratively, that which is said to exist above and beyond nature...
thriller starring Edward Furlong
Edward Furlong
Edward Walter Furlong is an American actor whose best known film roles are John Connor in Terminator 2: Judgment Day and Daniel Vinyard in American History X. He is a two-time Saturn Award nominee, winning the 1992 Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor for his performance in...
and Amber Benson
Amber Benson
Amber Nicole Benson is an American actress, writer, film director, and film producer. She is best known for her role as Tara Maclay on the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but has also directed, produced and starred in her own films Chance and Lovers, Liars & Lunatics...
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He is currently involved as a producer, scriptwriter and director for a feature film Little Cuba which is going to be filmed in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
and Miami.
Television
- Estate of PanicEstate of PanicEstate of Panic is an American reality show in which seven strangers compete to find cash in a large estate. The show is hosted by Steve Valentine, and produced by Endemol USA....
as Himself (Season 1, Episode 3, 2008) - 2nd Place - Caroline in the CityCaroline in the CityCaroline in the City is an American situation comedy that ran from September 21, 1995 to April 26, 1999 on the NBC television network. It starred Lea Thompson as cartoonist Caroline Duffy. The series premiered in the two-hour Thursday night block led by Friends.-Premise:Caroline Duffy is a...
as Charlie (72 episodes, 1996–1999) - Murder, She WroteMurder, She WroteMurder, She Wrote is an American television mystery series starring Angela Lansbury as mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher. The series aired for 12 seasons from 1984 to 1996 on the CBS network, with 264 episodes transmitted. It was followed by four TV films and a spin-off series,...
as Ernie Fishman (1994) - GrandGrand (TV series)Grand was a half-hour situation comedy that aired on the NBC network in 1990. The series featured an ensemble cast including Pamela Reed, Bonnie Hunt, Michael McKean, John Randolph, Andrew Lauer, John Neville, Joel Murray and Sara Rue. It was created by Michael Leeson, executive produced by...
as Officer Wayne Kasmurski (13 episodes, 1990) - 21 Jump Street21 Jump Street21 Jump Street is an American police procedural crime drama television series that aired on the Fox Network from April 12, 1987, to April 27, 1991, with a total of 103 episodes. The series focused on a squad of youthful-looking undercover police officers investigating crimes in high schools,...
(1989) as psycho (2 episodes)
Films
- Jane White Is Sick & TwistedJane White Is Sick & TwistedJane White Is Sick & Twisted is a 2002 comedy film produced by The Asylum, starring Kim Little. It is one of few films by the studio not to be made to capitalize on another film, and is also one of few Asylum films to have a theatrical release.- Plot :...
as Desiree (2002) - Gun ShyGun Shy (film)-Plot:Charlie Mayeaux is an undercover DEA agent suffering from anxiety and gastrointestinal problems after a bust gone wrong. During the aforementioned incident, his partner was killed and he found himself served up on a platter of watermelon with a gun shoved in his face just before back-up...
as Jason Cane (2000) - Just DessertsJust Desserts (film)Just Desserts is a made-for-television 2004 romantic comedy. It premiered on Hallmark Channel on February 8, 2004.- Plot summary :Marco Poloni enters a baking competition entitled "The Golden Whisk" to attract publicity and win prize money to support his struggling family-owned bakery...
as Jacques du Jacques (2004) - Screamers as Michael 'Ace' Jefferson (1995)
- Necessary RoughnessNecessary Roughness (film)Necessary Roughness is a 1991 comedy film starring Scott Bakula and Sinbad. The film was directed by Stan Dragoti, who has also directed the movies Mr. Mom, She's Out of Control, and The Man With One Red Shoe. In addition to Bakula and Sinbad, Necessary Roughness has an additional cast of Héctor...
as Charlie Banks (1991) - H.G. Wells' War of the WorldsH.G. Wells' War of the Worlds (2005 film)H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds is a science fiction horror mockbuster by The Asylum. It is one of three 2005 film adaptations of H. G...
, as Kerry Williams (2005) - Adventures of a Teenage Dragon SlayerAdventures of a Teenage Dragon SlayerAdventures of a Teenage Dragon Slayer is a 2010 Live action fantasy film directed by Andrew Lauer.- Cast :* Hunter Allan* Lea Thompson* Wendie Malick* Amy Pietz* Eric Lutes* Andrew Lauer- Trivia :...
as Dad (2010)
As a director
- The Hill Chris Climbed: The Gridiron Heroes Story (documentary) (post-production) (2011)
- Adventures of a Teenage Dragon SlayerAdventures of a Teenage Dragon SlayerAdventures of a Teenage Dragon Slayer is a 2010 Live action fantasy film directed by Andrew Lauer.- Cast :* Hunter Allan* Lea Thompson* Wendie Malick* Amy Pietz* Eric Lutes* Andrew Lauer- Trivia :...
(2010) - The Tehuacan Project (short) (2007)
- IntermedioIntermedio (film)Intermedio is an American horror film released in March 2005.-Cast:-Synopsis:In a small California town, Malik along with his former girlfriend Gen her friend Barbie , and another friend named Wes take a weekend getaway to an old ghost town where Malik and Gen played when they were younger.The...
(2005)