J.F. Lawton also known as Jonathan Frederick Lawton is an American screenwriter, film producer and film director. He received his film making degree from the California State University in Long Beach. His various film credits includes Jackson (2014), Death Race (2008), DOA: Dead or Alive (2007) and Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death (1988). He was nominated for BAFTA Film Award for his Screenplay works in the film Pretty Woman (1990).