Biography
Jonathan Frederick Lawton (also known as J. F. Lawton), born on August 11, 1960 in Riverside, California, is an American screenwriter, film producer and film director. Screen credits include Pretty Woman, Mistress, Blankman, Under Siege, Under Siege 2: Dark Territory, The Hunted, Chain Reaction, DOA: Dead or Alive, Jackson, V.I.P. and under the assumed name JD Athens Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death and Pizza Man. Description above from the Wikipedia article J. F. Lawton, licensed ...
Complete Filmography
Yellow River
2020
Additional Writing
Behind the scenes at the original Fast and Furious afterparty, the mysterious death of Playboy model Felicia Tang haunts 2000s Hollywood. Testimony by...
Jackson
2008
Executive Producer, Director, Writer
Donald (Barry Primus) promises Sam (Charlie Robinson) the best day of his life. This seems unlikely, given they are both homeless men mired in the ble...
DOA: Dead or Alive
2006
Story, Screenplay
Four beautiful rivals at an invitation-only martial-arts tournament join forces against a sinister threat. Princess Kasumi is an aristocratic warrior ...
Chain Reaction
1996
Screenplay
At the University of Chicago, a research team that includes brilliant student machinist Eddie Kasalivich experiences a breakthrough: a stable form of ...
Under Siege 2: Dark Territory
1995
Characters
A passenger train has been hijacked by an electronics expert and turned into an untraceable command center for a weapons satellite. He has planned to ...
The Hunted
1995
Writer, Director
Paul Racine, a high-powered American business executive in Japan, is catapulted into a maze of danger and intrigue after he and his sexy companion are...
Blankman
1994
Screenplay
Darryl is a childlike man with a genius for inventing various gadgets out of junk. When he stumbles on a method to make his clothes bulletproof, he de...
Under Siege
1992
Executive Producer, Screenplay
A disgruntled ex-CIA operative, his assistant and their assembled group of terrorists seize a battleship with nuclear blackmail in mind. They've plann...
Mistress
1992
Writer
A comedy about a screenwriter (Wuhl) whose old movie script is read by a producer (Landau) and the search for financial backers begins. But it seems t...
Pizza Man
1991
Writer, Director
When someone orders a pizza, Elmo the pizza man uncovers a government conspiracy and will stop at nothing to get his $15.23
Pretty Woman
1990
Writer
While on a business trip in Los Angeles, Edward Lewis, a millionaire entrepreneur who makes a living buying and breaking up companies, picks up a pros...
Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death
1989
Director, Writer
The U.S. government, eager to protect the nation's avacado supplies, recruits feminist professor Margo Hunt to make contact with the Piranha Women, an...