The Writer:
Lawrence Kasdan is the writer of some of the best, most loved movies of the last forty years. He’s at the heart of the Star Wars franchise — he wrote The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi as well as the upcoming seventh installment, The Force Awakens — and he penned Raiders of the Lost Ark. Now in his mid-sixties, Kasdan is still going strong and can be relied upon for fast-moving stories full of drama, humor, and wit.
Credits:
Untitled Star Wars Stand-Alone Project (screenplay) (announced) - 2018
Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (screenplay) - 2015
Darling Companion (written by) - 2012
Dreamcatcher (screenplay) - 2003
Mumford (written by) - 1999
Wyatt Earp (written by) - 1994
The Bodyguard (written by) - 1992
Grand Canyon (written by) - 1991
The Accidental Tourist (screenplay) - 1988
Silverado (written by) - 1985
The Big Chill (written by) - 1983
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (screenplay) - 1983
Body Heat (written by) - 1981
Continental Divide (written by) - 1981
Raiders of the Lost Ark (screenplay) -1981
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (screenplay) - 1980
Quotes:
Being a writer is like having homework every night for the rest of your life.
I want everything I do to have humor in it, because it seems to me that all of life has that.
I make the kind of pictures I like to see. As it so happens, they’re the kind no one else is doing.
You can tell any story in a Western. How can you not be fascinated by them?