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Lorne Michaels

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Lorne Michaels

Born Nov 17, 1944 · 81 years152 titles 109 movies · 43 TV
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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.

Also known as

Lorne David Lipowitz

Born

Nov 17, 1944

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

39

Acting credits

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Directing

11

Writing

119

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Most critically rated

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Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)

Career timeline

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