Francis Lawrence is known for his collaborations with Jennifer Lawrence.
After the Austrian-American filmmaker and producer established himself as a director of music videos and commercials, he made his feature-length directorial debut with the supernatural thriller Constantine (2005), I Am Legend (2007) and Water for Elephants (2011).
He also directed The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013), The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 (2014), The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 (2015) and Red Sparrow (2018), which all starred Jennifer Lawrence.
Lawrence signed on to direct The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, an adaptation of the Hunger Games prequel novel by original author Suzanne Collins, in April 2020. The film is set to begin production in 2022 for release on November 17, 2023.
In March 2021, his about:blank production company struck a deal with New Republic Pictures. Their first project together will be an adaptation of the Philip K. Dick novel Vulcan’s Hammer, announced in November 2021.
In April 2022, it was announced that Lawrence will be one of the executive producers of Chief Of War for Apple TV+.
As a popular music video director, he has directed a couple of videos for artists such as Britney Spears, Will Smith, Sarah McLachlan and Aerosmith.
Francis Lawrence is the recipient of the Latin Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video and the Grammy Award for Best Music Video.