Robert Lawson is an American playwright, director, composer, screenwriter and visual artist. His film, What Goes Up, co-written with Jonathan Glatzer and starring Steve Coogan, Olivia Thirlby, Hilary Duff, Molly Shannon and Josh Peck, was released on May 29, 2009. The film was distributed by Sony Pictures, with a DVD release on June 16, 2009 by Sony Home Entertainment.