Lawrence O’Neil
Associate Professor of Film
Co-Chair of Film
Lawrence (Larry) O’Neil, an alumnus of Purchase College, has written professionally for HBO, Warner Brothers, Fox, MGM, Lion’s Gate, and Artisan.
He has directed two feature films and produced three others, and was cited as one of Variety’s 50 up-and-coming directors to watch. Throwing Down, his first feature film as writer and director, won the award for best feature at the Hamptons International Film Festival. He then directed the HBO feature Breast Men, starring David Schwimmer, Chris Cooper, and Emily Proctor. Based on a John Stockwell script, it followed the careers of two Texas research physicians who developed the idea of breast implants in the 1960s.
O’Neil first joined the film faculty as a part-time member in 2006.