Biography
Lorne Michaels (born Lorne David Lipowitz; November 17, 1944) is a Canadian and American television and film producer, comedian, screenwriter and director. He created and produced Saturday Night Live (1975–1980, 1985–present) and produced the Late Night series (since 1993), The Kids in the Hall (from 1989 to 1995), and The Tonight Show (since 2014). He has received 24 Primetime Emmy Awards from 112 nominations, holding the record as the most nominated individual in the award show's history. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lorne Michaels, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Awards & recognition
- Time 100 · 2025
- Companion of the Order of Canada · 2018
- Presidential Medal of Freedom · 2016
- International Emmy Directorate Award · 2010
- Mark Twain Prize — American Humor · 2004
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- Canada's Walk of Fame · 2003
- Primetime Emmy Award · 1975
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Filmography50+ titles
Michael Bublé's Christmas in the City
The Kardashians
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd
Norm Macdonald Has a Show
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
The Story of Lassie
Inside Out
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked
30 Rock
The Kids in the Hall
Iconoclasts
Will & Harper
Lost in Translation
My Favorite Shapes by Julio Torres
Marcello Hernandez: American Boy
Lorne
Love, Gilda
Cracked Up
Detroiters
Mean Girls
Man on the Moon
Downey Wrote That
I Am Chris Farley
Documentary Now!
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
Under African Skies
Belushi
The Other Two
The Last Laugh
I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not
Schmigadoon!
A.P. Bio
Michael Che Matters
Portlandia
Saturday Night Live
Kenan
Miracle Workers
Tommy Boy
Wayne's World
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
The Kids in the Hall
Steve Martin and Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life
The Story of Late Night
A Night at the Roxbury
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
Hot Rod
Bupkis
Shrill