
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 (95)
- The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks (2022, ★ 8)
- Saturday Night (2010, ★ 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)
- 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)
- Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary (1989, ★ 7.6)
- The Nanny (1993, ★ 8.1)
- I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not (2025, ★ 7.1)
- SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night (2025, ★ 8)
- Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell (2002, ★ 7.7)
- Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler (2009, ★ 8.4)
- Mean Girls (2004, ★ 7.2)
- Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd (2005, ★ 8.2)
- Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman (1998, ★ 7.9)
- Adele: Live in New York City 2015 (2015, ★ 8.4)
- Lost in Translation (2003, ★ 7.4)
- Inside Out (2015, ★ 7.9)
- My Favorite Shapes by Julio Torres (2019, ★ 7.1)
- Simon & Garfunkel: The Concert in Central Park (1982, ★ 8)
- 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)
- SNL50: The Homecoming Concert (2025, ★ 6.7)
- The Story of Late Night (2021, ★ 6.6)
- Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked (2024, ★ 7.5)