Lawrence Pearce is a film screenwriter, director and author. He was born in London, UK and attended the world renowned Chelsea College of Art and Design, now known as the University of Arts London (UAL). Pearce wrote, executive produced and directed the micro-budget horror Night Junkies, which starred Katia Winter (Sleepy Hollow, Fox series) and was distributed by Allumination and Content Media, now known as Kew Media, worldwide on DVD and digital in 2007. It became a divisive underground hit with cult audiences. Thereafter, Lawrence pursued business in other industries but returned to film in recent years as a matured screenwriter and executive producer, with several projects in development. He sold Drone (science fiction feature) to Yale Productions for a $15million budgeted production. Pearce has directed several well-received documentaries and television shows including Acting Up!, Between The Covers (presented-led book program with Simon Cowell's brother Tony), indie music videos and short films. Other projects are two written two novels, The Haunted Hikikomori in 2013 and Need Love in 2014. He also created a graphic novel titled Cain's Awakening (working with Brodie's Law and 2000AD artist David Bircham). He has also held creative director and producer positions at Wideboys Film and Television (clients included Sony, CNN, The National Geographic, Uri Geller), Frontier Developments. (UK games developer and publisher) and Forte (Blockchain game and media platforms).