Biography

Laurence David Kramer (June 25, 1935 – May 27, 2020) was an American playwright, author, film producer, public health advocate, and gay rights activist. He began his career rewriting scripts while working for Columbia Pictures, which led him to London, where he worked with United Artists. There he wrote the screenplay for the film Women in Love (1969) and received an Academy Award nomination for his work.

Known For

Making the Boys

Self

Burden of Genius

Self – Writer/Activist/Liver Transplant Patient

Stories from the Plague

The Man on the Fifth Floor

The Books of James: Director's Cut

Self

Corpus Christi: Playing with Redemption

Self

Voices from the Front

Himself

Outrage

Self