Lorne Michaels
Department: Production
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.
Known For
The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks
2022
The Canadian Conspiracy
1986
In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon
2024
The Story of Lassie
1994
The Kids In The Hall: Laughing Ourselves Sick
1996
The Last Laugh
2016
Saturday Night
2010
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
1978
Live from New York!
2015
Man on the Moon
1999
I Am Chris Farley
2015
Sandy Wexler
2017
Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live
2005
Love, Gilda
2018
Inside Portlandia
2011
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
2000
Belushi
2020
Cracked Up
2019
Paul Simon: Under African Skies
2012
Will & Harper
2024
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025
Downey Wrote That
2025
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
2005
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
2007
Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again
2010
I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not
2025
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
1989
Lorne
2026
The Last Impresario
2014
The Nanny
1993
The Story of Late Night
2021
Iconoclasts
2005
Saturday Night Live
1975
The Kardashians
2022
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
2012
Norm Macdonald Has a Show
2018
Mark Twain Prize
1999
Saturday Night Live
1975
Saturday Night Live
1975
Saturday Night Live
1975
Saturday Night Live
1975
Saturday Night Live
1975
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
2025