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Lorne Michaels

Lorne Michaels

Lorne Michaels

is 65 years old
Real name: Lorne Michael Lipowitz
Born: Friday, November 17, 1944
  (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)

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100% (1 vote)

Star Sign:
Scorpio
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Lorne Michaels in Mean Girls (2004)

LORNE MICHAELS (Producer) is the creator and executive producer of “Saturday Night Live,” the longest-running and highest-rated weekly late night television program in history. Over the last 28 years. “SNL” has won countless Emmy Awards, was honored with the prestigious George Foster Peabody Award and was cited as “truly a national institution.” Most recently, Michaels and the show were honored with a 2002 Emmy for Best Writing in a Variety/Comedy Series, and he has personally won ten Emmys as a writer and producer in television.

Michaels’ film credits include “Three Amigos,” which he produced and co-wrote with Steve Martin and Randy Newman. “Wayne’s World” (and its successful sequel), “Tommy Boy,” “Lassie,” “A Night at the Roxbury,” “Superstar” and the WWII drama “Enigma.” which he produced with Mick Jagger.

In addition to his weekly duties on “SNL,” Michaels is executive producer of NBC’s “Late Night with Conan O’Brien.” His past television credits include the series “The Kids in the Hall” and “Night Music” as well as specials with Lily Tomlin, Steve Martin, Paul Simon, The Rutles, Flip Wilson, The Rolling Stones, The Beach Boys, Randy Newman, Neil Young and Simon and Garfunkel in Central Park.

On Broadway, Michacls produced and directed “Gilda Radner — Live from New York” and produced the subsequent motion picture “Gilda Live.”

Michaels began his career in Toronto, where he attended the University of Toronto and worked as a writer, served as producer for the Canadian Broadcasting Company and starred in the comedy series “ The Hart & Lorne Terrific Hour.” In 1968, he moved to Los Angeles and worked as a writer for NBC’s “Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In” and other television series until 1975, when he left to begin “SNL” in New York.

In 1979, Michaels founded the New York based production company Broadway Video Inc.

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 Screenplay - 

Lorne Michaels

 worked as writer on following movies:
Saturday Night Live (2000) 1975-1980, 1985-
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (2000)
Saturday Night Live (2000) 1975-1980, 1985-
Saturday Night Live (2000) 1975-1980, 1985-
Saturday Night Live (2000) 1975-1980, 1985-
Saturday Night Live (2000) 1975-1980, 1985-
Saturday Night Live (2000) 1975-1980, 1985-
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (2000)
Saturday Night Live (2000) 1975-1980, 1985-
Saturday Night Live: (Episode #26.5) (2000) 1975-1980, 1985-
Saturday Night Live (2000) 1975-1980, 1985-
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (2000)
Three Amigos (1986) dvd60% (99 votes)
Gilda Live (1980) 62% (1 votes)
Saturday Night Live: Sylvester Stallone/Jamiroquai (1975)
Saturday Night Live: Steven Segal/Michael Bolton (1975)
 
 Production - 

Lorne Michaels

 worked as producer on following movies:
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (2009) executive producer
Curly Oxide and Vic Thrill (2009) [Announced]
Key Party (2008) [Announced]
Hot Rod (2007) 70% (152 votes)
Sons & Daughters (2006) [Announced] executive producer
Thick and Thin (2006) executive producer
Closet, The (2006) [Announced]
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Alec Baldwin (2005) executive producer
Mean Girls (2004) dvd72% (215 votes)
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Cheri Oteri (2004) executive producer
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Christopher Walken (2004) 90% (1 votes) executive producer
Night of Too Many Stars (2003) executive producer
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special (2003) executive producer
NBC 75th Anniversary Special (2002) executive producer
Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch (2002) executive producer
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell (2002) dvd80% (5 votes)
Enigma (2001) dvd58% (50 votes)
Saturday Night Live (2000) producer (1975-1980, 1985-)
Ladies Man, The (2000) dvd42% (28 votes)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (2000) executive producer
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: (Episode dated 11 January 2006) (2000) executive producer
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (2000) executive producer
Saturday Night Live: Presidential Bash 2000 (2000) 80% (1 votes) executive producer
    • Nominated for Emmy - Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special 2001
Saturday Night Live (2000) producer (1975-1980, 1985-)
Saturday Night Live (2000) producer (1975-1980, 1985-)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: (Episode dated 7 May 1998) (2000) executive producer
Saturday Night Live (2000) producer (1975-1980, 1985-)
Saturday Night Live (2000) producer (1975-1980, 1985-)
Saturday Night Live (2000) producer (1975-1980, 1985-)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: (Episode dated 1 October 2004) (2000) executive producer
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (2000) executive producer
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (2000) executive producer
Saturday Night Live (2000) producer (1975-1980, 1985-)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: (Episode dated 27 May 2003) (2000) executive producer
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (2000) executive producer
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: (Episode dated 22 June 2000) (2000) executive producer
Saturday Night Live (2000) producer (1975-1980, 1985-)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: (Episode dated 17 January 2006) (2000) executive producer
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (2000) executive producer
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: (Episode dated 15 July 1998) (2000) executive producer
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (2000) executive producer
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: (Episode dated 1 December 2005) (2000) executive producer
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Steve Martin (1999) 80% (1 votes)
Saturday Night Live Christmas (1999) executive producer
Saturday Night Live: Game Show Parodies (1999) 80% (1 votes)
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Adam Sandler (1999) 70% (2 votes) executive producer
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Rock (1999) 60% (1 votes)
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary (1999) dvd80% (5 votes) executive producer
    • Won Emmy - Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special 2000
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dana Carvey (1999) 80% (1 votes)
Superstar (1999) dvd42% (32 votes)
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Mike Myers (1998) dvd80% (2 votes) executive producer
Night at the Roxbury, A (1998) dvd48% (61 votes)
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman (1998) 80% (1 votes) executive producer
Black Sheep (1996) dvd60% (38 votes)
Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy (1996) dvd74% (30 votes)
Stuart Saves His Family (1995) dvd60% (8 votes)
Tommy Boy (1995) dvd54% (98 votes)
Lassie (1994) dvd56% (5 votes)
Coneheads (1993) dvd50% (56 votes)
Wayne's World 2 (1993) dvd52% (105 votes)
Wayne's World (1992) dvd74% (184 votes)
Frosty Returns (1992) 50% (1 votes) executive producer
Best of Gilda Radner, The (1989)
Three Amigos (1986) dvd60% (99 votes)
Best of John Belushi, The (1985) 80% (1 votes) executive producer
Nothing Lasts Forever (1984)
Coneheads, The (1983) executive producer
Simon and Garfunkel: The Concert in Central Park (1982) dvd90% (1 votes) executive producer
Gilda Live (1980) 62% (1 votes)
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video (1979) 40% (1 votes) executive producer
Rutles, The (1978) dvd80% (11 votes) executive producer
Saturday Night Live: Sylvester Stallone/Jamiroquai (1975) executive producer
Baby Mama (0000) 70% (104 votes)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: (Episode dated 1 May 2007) (0000) executive producer
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: (Episode dated 13 August 1997) (0000) executive producer
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: (Episode dated 23 December 1997) (0000) executive producer
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: (Episode dated 25 July 2003) (0000) executive producer
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: (Episode dated 22 March 2005) (0000) executive producer
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: (Episode dated 8 March 2005) (0000) executive producer
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: (Episode dated 25 October 2005) (0000) executive producer
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: (Episode dated 15 December 2006) (0000) executive producer
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: (Episode dated 25 March 2003) (0000) executive producer

 Acting - 

Lorne Michaels

 appeared in following movies:
Rutles, The (1978) dvd80% (11 votes) Sleazy merchandiser

 Appeared as Himself
'Mean Girls': Only the Strong Survive (2004) Himself
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Steve Martin (1999) 80% (1 votes) Himself (archive footage)
Comedy Salute to Andy Kaufman, A (1995) Himself




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