Lana Wachowski - previously Laurence (Larry) Wachowski - is a sibling of Andy Wachowski, of the creative 'Watchowskis' duo behind ground-breaking movies like The Matrix (1999) and Cloud Atlas (2012). Born to mother Lynne, a nurse, and father Ron, a businessman of Polish descent, she grew up in Chicago, in a tight, creative relationship with her ...
Karin Winslow (m. 2009), Thea Bloom (m. 1993–2002)
Parents
Lynne Luckinbill, Ron Wachowski
Siblings
Lilly Wachowski, Julie Wachowski, Laura Wachowski
Awards
Saturn Award for Best Director, Prometheus Special Award
Nominations
German Film Award for Best Feature Film, German Film Award for Best Direction, Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form, Nebula Award for Best Script, Saturn Award for Best Writing, German Film Award - Audience Award for Best Film, Amanda Award ...
Movies
The Matrix, Cloud Atlas, The Matrix Reloaded, Jupiter Ascending, The Matrix Revolutions, V for Vendetta, Speed Racer, Bound, Assassins, The Animatrix, Ninja Assassin, The Matrix Revisited, Final Flight of the Osiris, Kid's Story, The Second Renaissance Part 1, The Second Renaissance Part 2
TV Shows
Sense8
Star Sign
Cancer
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Trademark
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Hot pink dreadlocks.
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Big-budget action sequences utilizing modern techniques of film making
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Stunning fight scenes, usually involving martial arts
For years, I couldn't even say the words transgendered or transsexual. When I began to admit it to myself, I knew I would eventually have to tell my parents and my brother and my sisters. This fact would inject such terror into me that I would not sleep for days.
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I chose to change my exterior to bring it closer into alignment with my interior. My biggest fears were all about losing my family. Once they accepted me, everything else has been a piece of cake.
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Fact
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Sister Lilly Wachowski revealed on March 8, 2016, that she was transgender as well. She was formerly known as Andy Wachowski.
Understood to have had gender reassignment surgery after "Speed Racer" in 2008. For ten years beforehand, it is believed that Lana was having hormone therapy. Her first public interview after revealing herself as Lana came at a press conference to discuss 'Cloud Atlas', where she fielded questions about her private life with resigned good humor. Her sister Lilly, to whom she is very close, is fiercely protective of her and supportive of her struggle to live as her authentic gender. Lilly herself came out as transgender in 2016.
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Attended Whitney M. Young Magnet High School along with her sister Lilly Wachowski in Chicago, Illinois.
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She and her sister have written a screenplay called "Carnivore". The script was one of the scripts on Empire magazine's "Twelve Greatest Unproduced Scripts In Hollywood" list. (As of October 2003 it is still unproduced.).
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Father was a businessman; mother was a nurse.
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Estranged wife Thea Bloom was her college sweetheart. She left Bloom in 2002 for Ilsa Strix (aka Karin Winslow).
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Ranked #27 in Premiere's 2003 annual Power 100 List with sister Lilly. Had ranked #89 in 2002.
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The Wachowskis included in their contracts for the Matrix sequels that they would not have to do press junkets or interviews of any kind and they would not have to be photographed for promotional purposes. They want the films to speak for themselves.
TV Series created by - 22 episodes, 2015 - 2017 written by - 22 episodes, 2015 - 2017
Jupiter Ascending
2015
written by - as The Wachowskis
Cloud Atlas
2012
written for the screen by
CR: Enter the Matrix
2009
Video Game
Speed Racer
2008
written by - as The Wachowski Brothers
V for Vendetta
2005
screenplay - as The Wachowski Brothers
The Matrix: Path of Neo
2005
Video Game as Larry Wachowski
The Matrix Online
2005
Video Game characters - as Larry Wachowski
The Matrix Revolutions
2003
characters - as The Wachowski Brothers / written by - as The Wachowski Brothers
Kid's Story
2003
Short story - as Larry Wachowski
The Second Renaissance Part II
2003
Short as Larry Wachowski
Enter the Matrix
2003
Video Game written by - as The Wachowski Brothers
The Matrix Reloaded
2003
characters - as The Wachowski Brothers / written by - as The Wachowski Brothers
The Animatrix
2003
screenplay "The Matrix" - as The Wachowski Brothers / written by - segments "The Final Flight of the Osiris", "The Second Renaissance Part I", "The Second Renaissance Part II", "Kid's Story", as Larry Wachowski
Final Flight of the Osiris
2003
Short written by - as Larry Wachowski
The Second Renaissance Part I
2003
Short written by - as Larry Wachowski
The Matrix
1999
written by - as The Wachowski Brothers
Bound
1996
written by - as The Wachowski Brothers
Assassins
1995
screenplay - as Larry Wachowski / story - as Larry Wachowski
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Sense8
2015-2016
TV Series executive producer - 13 episodes
Jupiter Ascending
2015
producer
Google Me Love
2013
Short executive producer
Cloud Atlas
2012
producer - produced by
Ninja Assassin
2009
producer - as Larry Wachowski
Speed Racer
2008
producer - as Larry Wachowski
V for Vendetta
2005
producer - as Larry Wachowski
The Matrix Revolutions
2003
executive producer - as Larry Wachowski
The Matrix Reloaded
2003
executive producer - as Larry Wachowski
The Animatrix
2003
producer - as Larry Wachowski
The Matrix Revisited
2001
Video documentary executive producer - as Larry Wachowski
The Matrix
1999
executive producer - as Larry Wachowski
Bound
1996
executive producer - as Larry Wachowski
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Sense8
2015-2017
TV Series 11 episodes
Jupiter Ascending
2015
as The Wachowskis
Cloud Atlas
2012
Speed Racer
2008
as The Wachowski Brothers
The Matrix: Path of Neo
2005
Video Game as Larry Wachowski
The Matrix Online
2005
Video Game as The Wachowski Brothers
The Matrix Revolutions
2003
as The Wachowski Brothers
Enter the Matrix
2003
Video Game as The Wachowski Brothers
The Matrix Reloaded
2003
as The Wachowski Brothers
The Matrix
1999
as The Wachowski Brothers
Bound
1996
as The Wachowski Brothers
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Matrix: Path of Neo
2005
Video Game
Larry Wachowski (voice)
Production Designer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Enter the Matrix
2003
Video Game
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Wonderland
2011
acknowledgment to the works of
2038: El futuro de ellas
2008
Short dedicatee - as Larry Wachowski
Return to Source: Philosophy & 'The Matrix'
2004
Video documentary thanks - as Larry Wachowski
The Burly Man Chronicles
2004
Video documentary thanks - as Larry Wachowski
The Hard Problem: The Science Behind the Fiction
2004
Video documentary thanks - as Larry Wachowski
The Matrix Recalibrated
2004
Video documentary short special thanks - as Larry Wachowski
Crash Course
2003
Video documentary short special thanks - as Larry Wachowski
Scrolls to Screen: A Brief History of Anime
2003
Video documentary short special thanks - as Larry Wachowski
A Hologram for the King
2016
Tom Tykwer wishes to thank
The Danish Girl
2015
thanks
Love of my Life
2013
dedicatee
The Raven
2012/I
the producers wish to thank - as Lana & Andy
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Side by Side Extra: Volume Four
2014
Documentary
Herself
Vivir de cine
2013
TV Series
Herself
Janela Indiscreta
2012
TV Series
Herself
Side by Side
2012
Documentary
Herself
The Matrix Reloaded Revisited
2004
Herself (as Larry Wachowski)
The Burly Man Chronicles
2004
Video documentary
Himself (as Larry Wachowski)
Executions: The Making of 'The Animatrix'
2003
Video documentary
Herself
Behind 'The Matrix'
2001
Video short
Herself
The Matrix Revisited
2001
Video documentary
Himself / Director (as Larry Wachowski)
Making 'The Matrix'
1999
TV Short documentary
Himself (as Larry Wachowski)
The Matrix: Follow the White Rabbit
1999
Video documentary short
Herself
The Matrix: The Movie Special
1999
TV Movie
Himself (as Larry Wachowski)
HBO First Look
1999
TV Series documentary
Himself
Independents' days
1997
Documentary short
Himself (as Larry Wachowski)
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2016
Yoga Award
Yoga Awards
Worst Foreign Director
Jupiter Ascending (2015)
2000
Saturn Award
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
Best Director
The Matrix (1999)
2000
Readers' Choice Award
Mainichi Film Concours
Best Foreign Language Film
The Matrix (1999)
1999
Jupiter Award
Jupiter Award
Best International Film
The Matrix (1999)
1999
Jupiter Award
Jupiter Award
Best International Director
The Matrix (1999)
1997
International Fantasy Film Award
Fantasporto
Best Film
Bound (1996)
1997
Honorable Mention
Stockholm Film Festival
Assassin(s) (1997)
1996
Jury Special Prize
Deauville Film Festival
Bound (1996)
1996
Critics Award
Deauville Film Festival
Bound (1996)
1996
Grand Jury Award - Honorable Mention
L.A. Outfest
Outstanding American Narrative Feature
Bound (1996)
1996
Honorable Mention
Stockholm Film Festival
Bound (1996)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2016
Razzie Award
Razzie Awards
Worst Director
Jupiter Ascending (2015)
2016
Razzie Award
Razzie Awards
Worst Screenplay
Jupiter Ascending (2015)
2013
CinEuphoria
CinEuphoria Awards
Best Film - International Competition
Cloud Atlas (2012)
2013
CinEuphoria
CinEuphoria Awards
Best Screenplay - International Competition
Cloud Atlas (2012)
2013
Film Award in Gold
German Film Awards
Outstanding Feature Film (Bester Spielfilm)
Cloud Atlas (2012)
2013
Film Award in Gold
German Film Awards
Best Direction (Beste Regie)
Cloud Atlas (2012)
2013
OFCS Award
Online Film Critics Society Awards
Best Adapted Screenplay
Cloud Atlas (2012)
2012
Jaeger - LeCoultre Best Film Award
Lisbon & Estoril Film Festival
Best Film
Cloud Atlas (2012)
2008
Nebula Award
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
Best Script
V for Vendetta (2005)
2007
Saturn Award
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
Best Writing
V for Vendetta (2005)
2007
Hugo
Hugo Awards
Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form
V for Vendetta (2005)
2004
Razzie Award
Razzie Awards
Worst Director
The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
2003
Daring Digital Award
Jeonju Film Festival
Digital Spectrum
The Animatrix (2003)
2000
Saturn Award
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
Best Writer
The Matrix (1999)
2000
Amanda
Amanda Awards, Norway
Best Foreign Feature Film (Årets utenlandske kinofilm)
The Matrix (1999)
2000
Hugo
Hugo Awards
Best Dramatic Presentation
The Matrix (1999)
2000
Sierra Award
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards
Best Screenplay, Original
The Matrix (1999)
2000
Nebula Award
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
Best Script
The Matrix (1999)
1999
ACCA
Awards Circuit Community Awards
Best Original Screenplay
The Matrix (1999)
1997
Saturn Award
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
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