Marc Lawrence is an American screenwriter, film producer and film director. In 1981, he graduated from Binghamton University with a degree in English and later served as a staff writer, and then supervising producer, on NBC's Family Ties. Lawrence has written films such as Life with Mikey, Forces of Nature, the remake of The Out-of-Towners, Miss Congeniality, and its sequel Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous. He has both written and directed Two Weeks Notice, Music and Lyrics, and Did You Hear About the Morgans?, all starring Hugh Grant. His upcoming film is The Rewrite, also starring Hugh Grant. 

October 22nd, 1959 in Brooklyn (Age 65)