Career
Born in Westcliff-on-Sea in Essex, Lawrence began his career in 1978 as a production assistant on the British Broadcasting Corporation television drama Pennies from Heaven. Two years later he made his directorial debut with Play for Today. Lawrence"s credits include Mapp and Lucia, Quirke, Grange Hill, Anglo Saxon Attitudes, Minder, The Hanging Gale, Casualty, Silent Witness, Little Dorrit, Messiah, and Desperate Romantics.
He also is the recipient of the British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Serial for Anglo Saxon Attitudes.