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Lorne Michaels
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Film & TV
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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…
Known for
- Lorne — Self2026
- 9/11: United We Stand -- 25 Years Later — Self (archive footage)2026
- Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music — Self - Executive Producer2025
- SNL50: The Homecoming Concert — Self2025
- Downey Wrote That — Self2025
- I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not — Self2025
- SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night — Self2025
- In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon — Self2024
- Will & Harper — Self2024
- An SNL Thanksgiving — (archive footage)2024
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of birth
- Toronto
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Judaism
- Award
- Time 100
- Official website
- www.lornemichaels.com
- Image
- Lorne Michaels 2021 Kennedy Center Honors (cropped).jpg
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- birth name
- Lorne David Lipowitz
- Commons category
- Lorne Michaels
- date of birth
- 1944-11-17
- owner of
- Broadway Video
- start of work period
- 1968-00-00
- related category
- Category:Films produced by Lorne Michaels
- archives at
- Harry Ransom Center
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