 Lawton wrote and directed the 2008 film "Jackson", a comedy-drama-musical starring Barry Primus, Charlie Robinson, Steve Guttenberg, Debra Jo Rupp and opera singers Ella Lee, Shawnette Sulker and Clamma Dale.The movie takes place on a single day involving two homeless men surviving on Los Angeles's Skid Row.Lawton wrote two songs for the movie, "Downtown Birthday" and "Love Cannot Be".