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Larry Karaszewski

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Larry Karaszewski

Born Nov 20, 1961 · 64 years36 titles 32 movies · 4 TV
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Biography

Larry Karaszewski and his writing/directing/producing partner Scott Alexander are best known for writing unusual true stories.  The duo created the hit television miniseries “The People v O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story” for which they won the Golden Globe, Emmy, PGA and WGA Awards. They also won the Golden Globe and WGA Award for the film “The People vs Larry Flynt.” Other movies include the Oscar winning “Ed Wood” (WGA nomination), “Big Eyes” (Independent Spirit nomination), “Auto Focus” “Man on the Moon” and “Dolemite is My Name.”  The team has been inducted into the Final Draft Screenwriting Hall of Fame. Larry is a former Governor and Vice President of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences.

Also known as

L.A. Karaszewski

Born

Nov 20, 1961

South Bend, Indiana, USA

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

16

Acting credits

1

Directing

17

Writing

7

Other crew

Most critically rated

Highest TMDB score (min 100 votes)

Most commercially successful

Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)

Career timeline

By release / first air year · movie & TV merged

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1986 1 title(s)

1990 1 title(s)

1991 1 title(s)

1992 1 title(s)

1994 1 title(s)

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2003 1 title(s)

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2019 1 title(s)

2020 4 title(s)

2022 1 title(s)

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Undated 3 title(s)