Michael lawrence biography

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Michael R. Lawrence
PRODUCER, DIRECTOR, WRITER
FOR TELEVISION AND MOTION PICTURES

While still a teenager, Michael Lawrence performed widely on the guitar and five-string banjo in the Midwest and on the East Coast - both as a folk instrumentalist and vocalist - including a summer as banjoist with The Stephen Foster Story in Bardstown, Kentucky.

Mr. Lawrence studied classical guitar with Aaron Shearer, composition with Stephan Grové, and jazz with David Baker. A graduate of the first guitar class at The Peabody Conservatory of Music (The Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University). Mr. Lawrence performed widely on the classical guitar - in recitals as well as on radio and television.

Prior to producing films, Mr.

Lawrence composed original music for over a dozen films, including Julian Krainin's Emmy Award winning documentary The Other Americans, which won more awards than any other television documentary in 1969 and was hon Michael Lawrence - Asia House MOGYP