Biography
Lawrence Wright is an author, screenwriter, playwright and a staff writer for The New Yorker. His 2006 history of al-Qaeda, “The Looming Tower: al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11,” was on the New York Times bestseller list for eight weeks, was nominated for the National Book Award and won the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction, among other honors. Wright co-wrote the 1998 film “The Siege,” which depicts events eerily similar to those occurring in the U.S. after 9/11. In 2006, his one-man play “My Trip to al-Qaeda,” based on the book, enjoyed a sold-out, six-week run in Soho. Wright is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Filmography
all 15
self 10
Movies 10
TV Shows 5
Writer 5
Self
God Save Texas (2024)
TV
Self
La Frontera (2024)
Movie
Self
The Price of Oil (2024)
Movie
Self
Hometown Prison (2024)
Movie
Self
Kingdom of Silence (2020)
Movie
Self
Three Identical Strangers (2018)
Movie
6
Writer
The Looming Tower (2018)
TV
6
Himself
The New Yorker Presents (2016)
TV
Self - Author, 'Going Clear' / Self - Author, 'Thirteen Days in September'
The Seventies (2015)
TV
Writer
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief (2015)
Movie
Self - Interviewee
Overheard With Evan Smith (2010)
TV
Self
My Trip to Al-Qaeda (2010)
Movie
Writer
Noriega: God's Favorite (2000)
Movie
Writer
The Siege (1998)
Movie
5.79
Writer
Forgotten Sins (1996)
Movie
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Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1947-08-02 (76 years old)
Birth PlaceOklahoma City, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
AwardsJ. Anthony Lukas Book Prize, Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism, Lionel Gelber Prize, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction
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