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 successful. My DOG-e Production Company just shot its 10th SAG-Aftra short film in L.A. "In-Closure." My first short film is now playing on Amazon Prime Video, "RevelationZ."
-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 the 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. I studied under 28-year Yale Screenwriting Professor Marc Lapadula for four years. At the 2019 Film-Com in Nashville, I was asked to write a screenplay from a Pitch meeting by an L.A. Exec. It was Finalist in the 2019 NYC Screenplay Contest. My final drafts of every genre have all been awarded multiple Laurels. "The Handler" was Runner-Up at the 2017 Richmond International Film Festival. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hnN3vs5T2U
I have Directed 10 SAG Short films in the past six years, the last two in L.A. All have Won multiple awards. I was a 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." Building my own DOG-e Studio, I became Executive Producer of the award-winning SAG Shorts; "The Handler, Revelationz (and its TV-Play "Numb-Nuts"), Enginuity, VideoGenic, Saving Robin Willliams, Weapon of Choices - The Making of, The Handler II - City Dog, and Consequential." All titles 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.
www.TheHandlerMovie.com and https://www.facebook.com/ruffproductions/