Lorne Michaels

Lorne Michaels, CM (born November 17, 1944) is a Canadian-American television producer, writer, and comedian best known for creating and producing Saturday Night Live and producing the various film and TV projects that spun off from it. Michaels was born Lorne David Lipowitz in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the son of Florence (née Becker) and Henry Abraham Lipowitz, a furrier. He was the eldest of the Lipowitz children. He has a sister, Barbara Lipowitz, who currently resides in Toronto, and a brother, Mark Lipowitz, who died from a brain tumor. Michaels attended the Forest Hill Collegiate Institute in Toronto and graduated from University College, University of Toronto, where he majored in English, in 1966. Michaels began his career as a writer and broadcaster for CBC Radio. He moved to Los Angeles from Toronto in 1968 to work as a writer for Laugh-In and The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show. He starred with Hart Pomerantz in The Hart and Lorne Terrific Hour, a Canadian comedy series which...

Award Nominations: 2008 - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program - Charlie Grandy/Simon Rich/Robert Carlock/Andrew Steele/Steve Higgins/Robert Klein/Alex Baze/Colin Jost/Akiva Schaffer/John Solomon/James Anderson/Doug Abeles/John Lutz/Bryan Tucker/Marika Sawyer/Seth Meyers/Paula Pell/Kent Sublette/Emily Spivey/Robert Smigel/Jim Downey/Erik Kenward/Lauren Pomerantz - Saturday Night Live; 2008 - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series - Jerry Kupfer/Jack Burditt/Robert Carlock/Don Scardino/David Miner/Tina Fey/Jeff Richmond/Marci Klein/John Riggi - 30 Rock; 2008 - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Series - Steve Higgins/Marci Klein/Ken Aymong/Michael Shoemaker - Saturday Night Live; 2010 - Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy - Don Scardino/Tina Fey/Alec Baldwin/Marci Klein/Robert Carlock/David Miner - 30 Rock; 2009 - Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy - Joann Alfano/Marci Klein/Alec Baldwin/Robert Carlock/David Miner/Don Scardino/Tina Fey - 30 Rock; 2008 - Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy - Robert Carlock/Marci Klein/Don Scardino/Joann Alfano/Alec Baldwin/David Miner/Tina Fey - 30 Rock; 2011 - Danny Thomas Producer of the Year Award in Episodic Television - Comedy - Robert Carlock/Marci Klein/Tina Fey/David Miner/Don Scardino/Jerry Kupfer/Jeff Richmond - 30 Rock;
Awards Won: 2004 - Mark Twain Prize for American Humor; 2008 - Jeff Richmond/Tina Fey/Jack Burditt/John Riggi/David Miner/Don Scardino/Marci Klein/Jerry Kupfer/Robert Carlock - 30 Rock - NBC; 2009 - Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy - Tina Fey/Don Scardino/David Miner/Marci Klein/Alec Baldwin/Robert Carlock - 30 Rock;
Hall of fame inductions: Television Hall of Fame;
Film performances: Comedy Gold: The Hilarious Story of Canadian Comedy; 50 Watt Fuse; Saturday Night Live: 25 Years of Music Volume 1;
Films appeared in: Frost on Satire - Him/Herself; Saturday Night - Him/Herself; Tina Fey: The Mark Twain Prize - Him/Herself;
Films Produced: Baby Mama  Hot Rod  Key Party  The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch  Mean Girls  Enigma  The Ladies Man  Superstar  A Night at the Roxbury  Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy
Films Executive Produced: The Women of SNL  Beach Lane  Women Without Men
Film writing credits: ¡Three Amigos!
Organizations founded: SNL Studios  Broadway Video
Date of birth: Nov 17, 1944;
Education: University of Toronto;
Employment history: Broadway Video;
Ethnicity: Canadian-American
Gender: Male
Height: 1.7 m;
Country of nationality: Canada
Place of birth: Toronto
Places lived: Toronto;
Profession: Comedian  Screenwriter  Actor  Author  Producer  Writer
Religion: Judaism
Spouse (or domestic partner): Rosie Shuster - 1973 - 1980 - Marriage; Susan Forristal - Sep 13, 1981 - 1987 - Marriage;
TV episode performances: Ode to Barbra Joan - Barbra Streisand; Maggie's Wedding - Barbra Streisand; ; Sigourney Weaver / The Ting Tings; Paul Simon + Lorne Michaels; ; Tracy Morgan/Kelly Clarkson; ; Ryan Reynolds / Lady Gaga; LeBron James/Kanye West;
TV programs produced: 30 Rock; Saturday Night Live; Sunday Night; To Love and Die; Lily; Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday; Late Night with Jimmy Fallon; Late Night with Conan O'Brien; The Tracy Morgan Show; Portlandia;
TV programs Created: Saturday Night Live  Sons & Daughters  Late Night with David Letterman  Late Night with Conan O'Brien  Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday  Up All Night  The Colin Quinn Show
TV Episodes Written: SNL: Episode 642
TV Programs (recurring writer): Saturday Night Live;
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