Lawrence Wright

Writing

Lawrence Wright

Born

1947-08-02 (79)

Place of birth

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

Known for

Writing

Credits

11 titles

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.

Known for

Musk poster
5.7

An incisive look behind the legend of Elon Musk, the world’s most heralded 'inventor-entrepreneur' who has enormous influence on the world in which we all live.

Musk

2026

The Siege poster
6.3

The secret US abduction of a suspected terrorist from his Middle East homeland leads to a wave of terrorist attacks in New York. An FBI senior agent and his team attempt to locate and decommission the enemy cells, but must also deal with an Army General gone rogue and a female CIA agent of uncertain loyalties.

The Siege

1998

Three Identical Strangers poster
7.3

New York, 1980. Three complete strangers accidentally discover that they're identical triplets, separated at birth. The 19-year-olds' joyous reunion catapults them to international fame, but also unlocks an extraordinary and disturbing secret that goes beyond their own lives – and could transform our understanding of human nature forever.

Three Identical Strangers

2018

The New Yorker Presents poster
6.8

A groundbreaking series that brings America's most award-winning magazine, The New Yorker, to the screen with documentaries, short narrative films, comedy, poetry, animation, and cartoons from the hands of acclaimed filmmakers and artists.

The New Yorker Presents

2016

Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief poster
7.6

The film profiles eight former members of the Church of Scientology, shining a light on how they attract true believers and the things they do in the name of religion.

Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief

2015

Live from the LBJ Library with Mark Updegrove poster
NR

LBJ Foundation CEO, author and historian, Mark Updegrove interviews preeminent thought leaders—historians, authors, journalists, filmmakers, and others—about issues vital to America's future, including the state of our democracy and the importance of strong leadership.

Live from the LBJ Library with Mark Updegrove

2024

Film credits

Series credits

Behind the camera

Musk poster
5.7

An incisive look behind the legend of Elon Musk, the world’s most heralded 'inventor-entrepreneur' who has enormous influence on the world in which we all live.

Musk

2026

The Siege poster
6.3

The secret US abduction of a suspected terrorist from his Middle East homeland leads to a wave of terrorist attacks in New York. An FBI senior agent and his team attempt to locate and decommission the enemy cells, but must also deal with an Army General gone rogue and a female CIA agent of uncertain loyalties.

The Siege

1998

Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief poster
7.6

The film profiles eight former members of the Church of Scientology, shining a light on how they attract true believers and the things they do in the name of religion.

Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief

2015

Noriega: God's Favorite poster
5.3

The story of Panamanian general Manuel Antonio 'Tony' Noriega, whose meteoric career, from utter poverty, as a soldier and CIA informant who also served as source to various other powers and even the Colombian drug mafia he claims to fight valiantly to please CIA director and later U.S. president Bush Sr., starts when he confesses to a priest, reminiscing how he has experienced such luck that he believes himself to be God's favorite- each time he takes more risks people tell him he went too far, but always seems to get away with it.

Noriega: God's Favorite

2000

Forgotten Sins poster
5.5

A county sheriff is accused by his daughter of having abused her. Her accusation gets more and more elaborate, involving satanic rituals. As nearly everyone around him seems to believe he's guilty, he starts breaking up and questioning his own innocence.

Forgotten Sins

1996