Following the success of this work, Lawrence went on to produce and direct a number of documentaries for HBO and TBS, including The Amazon Warrior (1996), a film about the Kayapo leader Paiakan and his work to save the Brazilian rainforest by stopping the building of a dam that would have flooded the Amazon; Biker Women (1996), about accomplished female motorcycle riders; and Legends of the Bushmen (1997), about Namibia's indigenous people, the Bushmen. Lawrence was also a partner at Deep River Productions, and the company's vice president.
