Andrew Lauer

Andrew Lauer
Lauer riding an elephant in India
Born (1965-06-19) June 19, 1965
Santa Monica, California
Other names Andy
Citizenship American
Alma mater San Diego State University, University of New Hampshire
Occupation Film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, social activist
Years active 1989–present
Title President & CEO at
ReelAid
&
Senior Director/Producer at
Motive Entertainment
&
Director/Writer at
Brillstein Entertainment Partners
Website Andrew Lauer - Director
ReelAid
Motive Entertainment
Brillstein Entertainment Partners

Andrew "Andy" Lauer (born June 19, 1965) is an American feature and documentary filmmaker, actor, and social activist.[1]

Lauer is the Founder President & CEO of ReelAid, a non-profit organization made up of filmmakers from the Hollywood community producing low to no-cost promotional videos for other non-profit organizations who in turn use them to fund-raise and create public awareness.

Early life

Lauer was born in Los Angeles to an attorney father and an actress mother. He engaged as an actor from ages 9 to 11 and then stopped for the sake of normal childhood.[2]

Lauer is an athlete and a football player. He captained his high school's gymnastics team.[2]

He attended San Diego State University and then transferred to University of New Hampshire; he chose the Theater & Arts and Journalism there. He worked as a busboy to subsidize his studies at the New York Friars Club, where he was influenced by the comic legends Red Skelton, Milton Berle, Henny Youngman and Lucille Ball. After the completion of his studies, he traveled through Europe and then he settled in New York to start his career. In 1987, he returned to Los Angeles and improved his comedic abilities with The Groundlings and L.A. Connection.[2]

Career

He began his career in front of the camera with major roles in film and TV including Born on the Fourth of July (with Tom Cruise), For the Boys (with Bette Midler) and Iron Man 3 (with Robert Downey Jr.). He has mentored under the direction of filmmakers Oliver Stone, Michael Bay, David Fincher and James Burrows.

As an actor, Lauer is probably best known for playing "Charlie" on the NBC comedy series Caroline in the City.[3]

He has directed and produced the feature film Adventures of a Teenage Dragon Slayer starring Lea Thompson (Back to the Future) and Wendie Malick (Racing Stripes). The film was released in theaters Spring 2011 and went on to stay on the family charts for 28 consecutive weeks.[1][3] Lauer’s recent project, Gridiron Heroes, won Best Feature Documentary at the International Family Film Festival in 2015.[4] The film follows fallen High School footballers and features actor Taylor Kitsch (Friday Night Lights), football legends Mike Ditka, Kurt Warner, Deacon Jones, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and Commentator Al Michaels. He was also involved in a sister-project executive produced by Peter Berg (Friday Night Lights, Battleship) titled Head’s Up Tackling.[1]

He also had triple duties directing/writing/producing The Tehuacan Project in 2007, a story about deaf children in rural Tehuacan in Mexico.[5] Lauer's college roommate Brad Pitt executive produced.[6] Adrien Brody narrated the film with Esai Morales; Prior to that he received critical acclaim for his feature film Intermedio, a supernatural thriller starring Edward Furlong (Terminator 2, American History X) and Amber Benson (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and the multi-award-winning short film, Little Cuba.[1][3][7]

Lauer next project was Sahaya Going Beyond about a ragtag but heroic group working together to fight HIV in India, narrated by Academy Award winner Jeremy Irons.[3] It was completed in 2013.[8][9]

His next film Prince of Malacca is a love story of reincarnation of a Prince from the Kingdom of Malacca and a Princess from Singapura. In addition to directing this film Lauer will also stand in as a producer.[6][10]

In 2016, an Indiegogo campaign was launched to help raise $35,000 to fund a gay themed romantic comedy movie entitled "Please Don't Eat the Pansies". The cast included actor/writer Ronnie Kerr, Mary Wilson of The Supremes, singer/actor Tom Goss and Andrew.[11]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1991 Necessary Roughness Charlie Banks
1995 Screamers Michael 'Ace' Jefferson
1998 I'll Be Home for Christmas Nolan
2000 Gun Shy Jason Cane
2001 August Underground
2002 Jane White Is Sick & Twisted Desiree
2004 Just Desserts Jacques du Jacques
2005 H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds Kerry Williams
2007 Goldfish Ted, the neighbor
2010 Adventures of a Teenage Dragon Slayer
2015 Prince of Malacca Director/Producer

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1989 21 Jump Street Psycho 2 episodes
1990 Grand Officer Wayne Kasmurski 13 episodes
1992–1993 Going to Extremes Charlie Moran 17 episodes
1993 Matlock Todd McCormick
1994 Murder, She Wrote Ernie Fishman
1995–1999 Caroline in the City Charlie 74 episodes
2005 Jane Doe: The Wrong Face Marvin Apple
2008 Estate of Panic Himself Season 1, Episode 3 - 2nd Place
2008 Jane Doe: Eye of the Beholder Marvin Apple
2013 Wipeout Himself (contestant)

Director

Year Film Notes
2005 Intermedio
2007 The Tehuacan Project Documentary
2010 Adventures of a Teenage Dragon Slayer
2010 Going Beyond Documentary
2011 The Hill Chris Climbed: The Gridiron Heroes Story Documentary(post-production)

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Board of Directors". Reel Aid. Retrieved 2014-10-18.
  2. 1 2 3 "BIOGRAPHY: ANDY LAUER as Charlie". Caroline In The City. Archived from the original on 2011-08-10. Retrieved 2014-10-21.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Andy Lauer". Gridiron Heroes. Retrieved 2014-10-21.
  4. ↑ "INTERNATIONAL FAMILY FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES WINNERS" (PDF). iffilmfest.org. 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  5. ↑ "The Tehuacan Project". studenthandouts.com. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  6. 1 2 "'Prince of Malacca': Reborn to avert traged". Daily FT. 17 July 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  7. ↑ "Andy Lauer". Semper Mental Productions. 2007-11-21. Retrieved 2014-10-21.
  8. ↑ "Sahaya supporters celebrate at documentary premiere". davisenterprise.com. 23 May 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  9. ↑ "Sahaya Going Beyond". sahayagoingbeyond.org. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
  10. ↑ "'Prince of Malacca': Reborn to avert tragedy". Wijeya Newspapers Ltd. 2015-07-17. Retrieved 2015-07-17.
  11. ↑ Isaac, Tim (24 February 2016). "Gay-Themed Rom-Com Please Don't Eat The Pansies! Seeks Indiegogo Funding". biggaypictureshow.com. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
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