
Lorne Michaels
Producer
Born: November 17, 1944 (81 years old)
Place of birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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.
Filmography (96)
- The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks (2022, ★ 8)
- Saturday Night (2010, ★ 8)
- Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler (2009, ★ 8.4)
- Adele: Live in New York City 2015 (2015, ★ 8.4)
- In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon (2024, ★ 6.6)
- The Last Laugh (2016, ★ 6.9)
- The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash (1978, ★ 6.8)
- Man on the Moon (1999, ★ 7.2)
- I Am Chris Farley (2015, ★ 7.1)
- Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live (2005, ★ 7.7)
- Love, Gilda (2018, ★ 7.2)
- Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation (2000, ★ 6.8)
- Belushi (2020, ★ 7)
- Cracked Up (2019, ★ 7.2)
- Paul Simon: Under African Skies (2012, ★ 7.1)
- Will & Harper (2024, ★ 7.3)
- Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music (2025, ★ 7.9)
- SNL50: The Homecoming Concert (2025, ★ 6.7)
- I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not (2025, ★ 7.1)
- Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary (1989, ★ 7.6)
- The Nanny (1993, ★ 8.1)
- SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night (2025, ★ 8)
- Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd (2005, ★ 8.2)
- Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman (1998, ★ 7.9)
- The Story of Late Night (2021, ★ 6.6)
- Mean Girls (2004, ★ 7.2)
- Tommy Boy (1995, ★ 6.8)
- Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell (2002, ★ 7.7)
- Wayne's World (1992, ★ 6.7)
- Steve Martin and Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life (2018, ★ 6.6)