Lorne Michaels

Also Credited As:

Lorne David Lipowitz
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Biography

Perhaps more than any other figure, he was responsible for mainstreaming so-called countercultural values - e.g., jokes about sex, drugs and rock'n'roll; left-leaning politics - through that most pervasive of mediums. As the Emmy-winning creator and producer of "Saturday Night Live" (NBC, 1975- ), Michaels was not only responsible for helming one of the longest-running comedy and variety programs in television history, but for shepherding a …
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Job Title

Actor, Producer, Writer, Executive, Below The Line, Other

Born

Lorne David Lipowitz on November 17, 1944 in Toronto, Ontario, CA

LATEST CREDITS

Saturday Night Live In The '90s: Pop Culture Nation

Interviewee

On Stage at the Kennedy Center: The Mark Twain Prize Celebrating Lorne Michaels

Honoree

Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live

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Saturday Night Live Backstage

Actor

Gilda Radner: The E! True Hollywood Story

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Steve Martin: A Comic Life

Interviewee

John Belushi: Funny You Should Ask

Actor

Portlandia: The Brunch Special

Actor

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Saturday TV Funhouse

Actor

Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again

Actor

Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)

Actor

Paul Simon: Born at the Right Time

Actor

The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize Celebrating Steve Martin

Actor

Lily

Actor

Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found

Interviewee

TV Tales

Interviewee

Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens -- A Life in Animation

Interviewee

Tina Fey: Mark Twain Prize

Actor

The Story of Lassie

Actor

The Television Academy Hall of Fame

Award Recipient

The 100 Greatest Rock & Roll Moments on TV

Interviewee

A Comedy Salute to Andy Kaufman

Actor

Under African Skies

Himself

Paul Simon: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song

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Inventing David Geffen

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