Lorne Michaels

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Lorne Michaels

Production 81 November 17, 1944

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…

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Inside Out

Inside Out

7.9 2015 Movie
Mean Girls

Mean Girls

7.2 2004 Movie
Lost in Translation

Lost in Translation

7.4 2003 Movie
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

5.8 2014 TV Show
Late Night with Seth Meyers

Late Night with Seth Meyers

5.1 2014 TV Show
Wayne's World

Wayne's World

6.7 1992 Movie
The Kardashians

The Kardashians

8.5 2022 TV Show
Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

6.9 1975 TV Show
Man on the Moon

Man on the Moon

7.2 1999 Movie
Masterminds

Masterminds

5.8 2016 Movie
Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

7.3 1993 TV Show
30 Rock

30 Rock

7.5 2006 TV Show

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    9/11: United We Stand -- 25 Years Later

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  2. 2026
    Lorne

    Movie Self

  3. 2026
    Saturday Night Live UK

    TV show Executive Producer

  4. 2026
    Marcello Hernández: American Boy

    Movie Thanks

  5. 2025
    Sarah Squirm: Live + in the Flesh

    Movie Executive Producer

  6. 2025
    I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not

    Movie Self

  7. 2025
    Downey Wrote That

    Movie Self

  8. 2025
    SNL50: The Homecoming Concert

    Movie Self

  9. 2025
    Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

    Movie Self - Executive Producer

  10. 2025
    SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night

    TV show Self

  11. 2024
    Nate Bargatze's Nashville Christmas

    Movie Executive Producer

  12. 2024
    An SNL Thanksgiving

    Movie (archive footage)

  13. 2024
    Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked

    Movie Thanks

  14. 2024
    Will & Harper

    Movie Self

  15. 2024
    In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon

    Movie Self

  16. 2024
    Mean Girls

    Movie Producer

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  1. 2023
    Bupkis

    TV show Executive Producer

  2. 2022
    Miley's New Year's Eve Party

    Movie Executive Producer

  3. 2022
    The Kids in the Hall

    TV show Executive Producer

  4. 2022
    The Kardashians

    TV show Self

  5. 2022
    The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks

    Movie Self

  6. 2022
    Bust Down

    TV show Executive Producer

  7. 2022
    Michael Bublé's Christmas in the City

    Movie Executive Producer

  8. 2021
    Miley's New Year's Eve Party Hosted by Miley Cyrus and Pete Davidson

    Movie Executive Producer

  9. 2021
    MacGruber

    TV show Executive Producer

  10. 2021
    Saturday Morning All Star Hits!

    TV show Executive Producer

  11. 2021
    Schmigadoon!

    TV show Executive Producer

  12. 2021
    That Damn Michael Che

    TV show Executive Producer

  13. 2021
    The Story of Late Night

    TV show Self

  14. 2021
    Kenan

    TV show Executive Producer

  15. 2020
    Vampires vs. the Bronx

    Movie Producer

  16. 2020
    Mapleworth Murders

    TV show Executive Producer

  17. 2020
    30 Rock: A One-Time Special

    Movie Executive Producer

  18. 2020
    Belushi

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  19. 2019
    Cracked Up

    Movie Self

  20. 2019
    My Favorite Shapes by Julio Torres

    Movie Executive Producer

  21. 2019
    Los Espookys

    TV show Executive Producer

  22. 2019
    Shrill

    TV show Executive Producer

  23. 2019
    Alien News Desk

    TV show Executive Producer

  24. 2019
    Miracle Workers

    TV show Executive Producer