In 2012, I challenged myself to receive enough training, education, and experience to prove I was not "pretending" to understand the Business of Pretending. I sought out acting coaches, screenwriting professors, and award-winning directors to teach me how to be a winner. My DOG-e Production Company shot its 11th SAG-Aftra short film in L.A. "In-Closure." My first short film "RevelationZ" is streaming on Amazon Prime Video along with my "Saving Robin Williams" which has 64 Awards on IMDb.
-http://voyagela.com/interview/daily-inspiration-meet-lawrence-whitener/
"Saving Robin Williams" as the eccentric Professor earned me three Best Actor awards. Lead Bad Guy in the award-winning 2018 Web Series "Chance" earned my second. The 2017 Baltimore 48-hour project "Whats Your Poison" earned me my first Lead award. I was awarded overall "Top DMV Actor" in 2023.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7472382/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 and https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7271866/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Best Family Screenplay at 2020 Christian Film Festival in Erie, PA. Best Family Screenplay at the 2019 Northern Virginia Film Festival. Best Family Screenplay at the 2018 Richmond International Film Festival. My historical WW-II screenplay won the prestigious New York International Film awards in 2025. I studied under 30-year Yale Screenwriting Professor Marc Lapadula for five years. My final drafts of every genre have all been awarded multiple Laurels. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hnN3vs5T2U
I have Directed 13 SAG-Aftra Short films in the past eight years with two in L.A. All have Won multiple awards. I was television Director at Channel 10 Studios for over ten years on two of their most award-winning shows, "Media Watch with Bill Schickler" and "Monster Madhouse." To see my Bad-Ass Santa, M.T. Hunter, Frank N. Stein, and EyeGore characters, watch "Monster Madhouse" on Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fTwenGmnpU
Associate Producer of award-winning NYC SAG Short "The Story of Milo and Annie" starring Cathy Moriarty and Lead on the award-winning "Chance Web Series." After building my DOG-e Studio, I became Executive Producer of the award-winning SAG Shorts; "The Handler I, RevelationZ (its TV-Play "Numb-Nuts"), Enginuity, VideoGenic, Saving Robin Williams, Weapon of Choices-The Making of, The Handler II, Consequential, In-Closure, and Too, Too Late." All are listed on IMDB.com. https://www.facebook.com/DOG-e-Studio-102343631248058
With two poems published, my anti-dogfighting scripts "The Handler I - Junkyard Dog" and its sequel "The Handler II - City Dog" continue to win accolades with both published by EMU on Amazon. Visit its separate website to watch their award-winning Pitch Trailers. There IS a difference between trying to make a good movie, and making a movie, to try and do good.
https://www.facebook.com/woofwoofshorts/ and https://www.facebook.com/ruffproductions/