Lawrence Wright

Lawrence Wright

Writing

Birthday

1947/08/02 (77 years old)

Gender

Male

Place of Birth

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

Also know as

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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 ...Read more

Acting
My Trip to Al-Qaeda
5.5

(2010) My Trip to Al-Qaeda

as Himself

Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
7.6

(2015) Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief

as Self - Interviewee

Three Identical Strangers
7.3

(2018) Three Identical Strangers

as Self

The New Yorker Presents
6.8

(2016) The New Yorker Presents

as Self

God Save Texas
7.1

(2024) God Save Texas

as Self