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Laurence Wachowski Wiki Biography
Laurence Wachowski was born on 21 June 1965, in Chicago, Illinois USA, to Lyn and Ron Wachowski, a family of Polish ancestry, but is best known as Lana Wachowski ,a producer, screenwriter and director, who has created notable movies such as ‘’The Matrix’’ franchise and ‘’V For Vendetta’’.
So just how rich is Lana Wachowski, as of late 2017? According to authoritative sources, this American filmmaker has net worth of over $125 million, accumulated from her over two decades-long career in the previously mentioned field.
When it comes to Lana’s education, she studied at the Kellogg Elementary School, and then, at Whitney Young High School, where she worked on the school’s theatre program alongside her sister Lilly. Having matriculated, Lana went on to enroll into Brad College in New York, but quit before graduating. After that, Lana worked for the family’s house painting business, concurrently writing for Marvel Comics. Wachowski made her debut in films writing the script for ‘’Assassins’’ in 1994, which was followed by the release of the movie in 1995. During this time, Lana still identified as male and was credited as Larry Wachowski. The highlight of this period in her life was when she wrote ‘’Matrix’’ in 1999, a science fiction film which received an overwhelmingly positive response and acclaim, winning four Oscars and 34 other awards, in addition to being nominated for 45 others. The film starred Keanu Reeves, who portrayed Neo, a computer hacker who discovers that humans are run by a simulated reality, or the so called Matrix. It grossed more than $463 million at the box office and as of today is considered one of the best movies ever made. Lana’s net worth benefited accordingly!
The first movie was followed by ‘’The Matrix Reloaded’’, released in May 2003, which received positive reviews once again, although not receive such critical acclaim as the previous one, but it grossed even more money at the box office, scoring $742 million in addition to receiving eight awards such as the BMI Film Music Award and the Teen Choice Award for the Choice Movie – Drama/Action Adventure. The trilogy ended with another sequel, ‘’Matrix Revolutions’’, which didn’t live up to expectations, but still did well at the box office grossing more than $427 million in 2003, adding further to Lana’s net worth.
Lana and her sister had more projects during the mid-2000s, but the highlight of that period for them was ‘’V for Vendetta’’, which they wrote in 2005. The film featured stars such as Natalie Portman and Hugo Weaving and followed the story of the hero ‘’V’’, who fights against tyranny and in the same way as in ‘’Matrix’’, the storyline is set in the future. The film received public praise from critics and the audience, and won a Saturn award and the SDFCS Award for Best Production Design. In addition, Lana and her sister Lilly were nominated for the Best Dramatic Presentation – Long Form.
When it comes to their latest work, Lana and Lilly created 24 episodes of ‘’Sense8’’, a television drama mystery series broadcast on Netflix, which had notable success, and received two nominations for Primetime Emmy awards.
In her personal life, Wachowski has been identifying as a female since 2000, and has talked about her issues with the perception of transgender people. She has been married twice, with her marriage to Thea Bloom from 1993 until 2002. She was dated Karin Winslow, and the couple married in 2009.
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Laurence Wachowski Quick Info
Full Name | The Wachowskis |
Net Worth | $125 Million |
Date Of Birth | June 21, 1965 |
Place Of Birth | Chicago, Illinois, USA |
Height | 5′ 10½” (1.79 m) |
Profession | Writer, Producer, Director |
Education | Kellogg Elementary School, Whitney Young High School, Brad College |
Nationality | American |
Spouse | Thea Bloom (m. 1993; div. 2002); Karin Winslow (m. 2009) |
Parents | Ron Wachowski, Lynne Luckinbill |
Siblings | Lilly Wachowski, Julie Wachowski, Laura Wachowski |
IMDB | http://imdb.com/name/nm905154 |
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 |
Laurence Wachowski Trademarks
- Hot pink dreadlocks.
- Big-budget action sequences utilizing modern techniques of film making
- Stunning fight scenes, usually involving martial arts
Laurence Wachowski Quotes
- 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.
- 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.
Laurence Wachowski Important Facts
- $4,000,000 + gross points
- $4,000,000 + gross points
- Sister Lilly Wachowski revealed on March 8, 2016, that she was transgender as well. She was formerly known as Andy Wachowski.
- She is the niece of Laurence Luckinbill.
- 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.
- Attended Whitney M. Young Magnet High School along with her sister Lilly Wachowski in Chicago, Illinois.
- 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.).
- Father was a businessman; mother was a nurse.
- Estranged wife Thea Bloom was her college sweetheart. She left Bloom in 2002 for Ilsa Strix (aka Karin Winslow).
- Ranked #27 in Premiere’s 2003 annual Power 100 List with sister Lilly. Had ranked #89 in 2002.
- 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.
- Sister of Lilly Wachowski.
Laurence Wachowski Filmography
Title | Year | Status | Character | Role |
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Sense8 | TV Series created by – 22 episodes, 2015 – 2017 written by – 22 episodes, 2015 – 2017 | Writer | ||
Jupiter Ascending | 2015 | written by – as The Wachowskis | Writer | |
Cloud Atlas | 2012 | written for the screen by | Writer | |
CR: Enter the Matrix | 2009 | Video Game | Writer | |
Speed Racer | 2008 | written by – as The Wachowski Brothers | Writer | |
V for Vendetta | 2005 | screenplay – as The Wachowski Brothers | Writer | |
The Matrix: Path of Neo | 2005 | Video Game as Larry Wachowski | Writer | |
The Matrix Online | 2005 | Video Game characters – as Larry Wachowski | Writer | |
The Matrix Revolutions | 2003 | characters – as The Wachowski Brothers / written by – as The Wachowski Brothers | Writer | |
Kid’s Story | 2003 | Short story – as Larry Wachowski | Writer | |
The Second Renaissance Part II | 2003 | Short as Larry Wachowski | Writer | |
Enter the Matrix | 2003 | Video Game written by – as The Wachowski Brothers | Writer | |
The Matrix Reloaded | 2003 | characters – as The Wachowski Brothers / written by – as The Wachowski Brothers | Writer | |
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 | Writer | |
Final Flight of the Osiris | 2003 | Short written by – as Larry Wachowski | Writer | |
The Second Renaissance Part I | 2003 | Short written by – as Larry Wachowski | Writer | |
The Matrix | 1999 | written by – as The Wachowski Brothers | Writer | |
Bound | 1996 | written by – as The Wachowski Brothers | Writer | |
Assassins | 1995 | screenplay – as Larry Wachowski / story – as Larry Wachowski | Writer | |
Sense8 | 2015-2016 | TV Series executive producer – 13 episodes | Producer | |
Jupiter Ascending | 2015 | producer | Producer | |
Google Me Love | 2013 | Short executive producer | Producer | |
Cloud Atlas | 2012 | producer – produced by | Producer | |
Ninja Assassin | 2009 | producer – as Larry Wachowski | Producer | |
Speed Racer | 2008 | producer – as Larry Wachowski | Producer | |
V for Vendetta | 2005 | producer – as Larry Wachowski | Producer | |
The Matrix Revolutions | 2003 | executive producer – as Larry Wachowski | Producer | |
The Matrix Reloaded | 2003 | executive producer – as Larry Wachowski | Producer | |
The Animatrix | 2003 | producer – as Larry Wachowski | Producer | |
The Matrix Revisited | 2001 | Video documentary executive producer – as Larry Wachowski | Producer | |
The Matrix | 1999 | executive producer – as Larry Wachowski | Producer | |
Bound | 1996 | executive producer – as Larry Wachowski | Producer | |
Sense8 | 2015-2017 | TV Series 11 episodes | Director | |
Jupiter Ascending | 2015 | as The Wachowskis | Director | |
Cloud Atlas | 2012 | Director | ||
Speed Racer | 2008 | as The Wachowski Brothers | Director | |
The Matrix: Path of Neo | 2005 | Video Game as Larry Wachowski | Director | |
The Matrix Online | 2005 | Video Game as The Wachowski Brothers | Director | |
The Matrix Revolutions | 2003 | as The Wachowski Brothers | Director | |
Enter the Matrix | 2003 | Video Game as The Wachowski Brothers | Director | |
The Matrix Reloaded | 2003 | as The Wachowski Brothers | Director | |
The Matrix | 1999 | as The Wachowski Brothers | Director | |
Bound | 1996 | as The Wachowski Brothers | Director | |
The Matrix: Path of Neo | 2005 | Video Game | Larry Wachowski (voice) | Actress |
Enter the Matrix | 2003 | Video Game | Production Designer | |
Wonderland | 2011 | acknowledgment to the works of | Thanks | |
2038: El futuro de ellas | 2008 | Short dedicatee – as Larry Wachowski | Thanks | |
Return to Source: Philosophy & ‘The Matrix’ | 2004 | Video documentary thanks – as Larry Wachowski | Thanks | |
The Burly Man Chronicles | 2004 | Video documentary thanks – as Larry Wachowski | Thanks | |
The Hard Problem: The Science Behind the Fiction | 2004 | Video documentary thanks – as Larry Wachowski | Thanks | |
The Matrix Recalibrated | 2004 | Video documentary short special thanks – as Larry Wachowski | Thanks | |
Crash Course | 2003 | Video documentary short special thanks – as Larry Wachowski | Thanks | |
Scrolls to Screen: A Brief History of Anime | 2003 | Video documentary short special thanks – as Larry Wachowski | Thanks | |
A Hologram for the King | 2016 | Tom Tykwer wishes to thank | Thanks | |
The Danish Girl | 2015 | thanks | Thanks | |
Love of my Life | 2013 | dedicatee | Thanks | |
The Raven | 2012/I | the producers wish to thank – as Lana & Andy | Thanks | |
Side by Side Extra: Volume Four | 2014 | Documentary | Herself | Self |
Vivir de cine | 2013 | TV Series | Herself | Self |
Janela Indiscreta | 2012 | TV Series | Herself | Self |
Side by Side | 2012 | Documentary | Herself | Self |
The Matrix Reloaded Revisited | 2004 | Herself (as Larry Wachowski) | Self | |
The Burly Man Chronicles | 2004 | Video documentary | Himself (as Larry Wachowski) | Self |
Executions: The Making of ‘The Animatrix’ | 2003 | Video documentary | Herself | Self |
Behind ‘The Matrix’ | 2001 | Video short | Herself | Self |
The Matrix Revisited | 2001 | Video documentary | Himself / Director (as Larry Wachowski) | Self |
Making ‘The Matrix’ | 1999 | TV Short documentary | Himself (as Larry Wachowski) | Self |
The Matrix: Follow the White Rabbit | 1999 | Video documentary short | Herself | Self |
The Matrix: The Movie Special | 1999 | TV Movie | Himself (as Larry Wachowski) | Self |
HBO First Look | 1999 | TV Series documentary | Himself | Self |
Independents’ days | 1997 | Documentary short | Himself (as Larry Wachowski) | Self |
Laurence Wachowski Awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie | Category |
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2016 | Yoga Award | Yoga Awards | Worst Foreign Director | Jupiter Ascending (2015) | Won |
2000 | Saturn Award | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | Best Director | The Matrix (1999) | Won |
2000 | Readers’ Choice Award | Mainichi Film Concours | Best Foreign Language Film | The Matrix (1999) | Won |
1999 | Jupiter Award | Jupiter Award | Best International Film | The Matrix (1999) | Won |
1999 | Jupiter Award | Jupiter Award | Best International Director | The Matrix (1999) | Won |
1997 | International Fantasy Film Award | Fantasporto | Best Film | Bound (1996) | Won |
1997 | Honorable Mention | Stockholm Film Festival | Assassin(s) (1997) | Won | |
1996 | Jury Special Prize | Deauville Film Festival | Bound (1996) | Won | |
1996 | Critics Award | Deauville Film Festival | Bound (1996) | Won | |
1996 | Grand Jury Award – Honorable Mention | L.A. Outfest | Outstanding American Narrative Feature | Bound (1996) | Won |
1996 | Honorable Mention | Stockholm Film Festival | Bound (1996) | Won | |
2016 | Yoga Award | Yoga Awards | Worst Foreign Director | Jupiter Ascending (2015) | Nominated |
2000 | Saturn Award | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | Best Director | The Matrix (1999) | Nominated |
2000 | Readers’ Choice Award | Mainichi Film Concours | Best Foreign Language Film | The Matrix (1999) | Nominated |
1999 | Jupiter Award | Jupiter Award | Best International Film | The Matrix (1999) | Nominated |
1999 | Jupiter Award | Jupiter Award | Best International Director | The Matrix (1999) | Nominated |
1997 | International Fantasy Film Award | Fantasporto | Best Film | Bound (1996) | Nominated |
1997 | Honorable Mention | Stockholm Film Festival | Assassin(s) (1997) | Nominated | |
1996 | Jury Special Prize | Deauville Film Festival | Bound (1996) | Nominated | |
1996 | Critics Award | Deauville Film Festival | Bound (1996) | Nominated | |
1996 | Grand Jury Award – Honorable Mention | L.A. Outfest | Outstanding American Narrative Feature | Bound (1996) | Nominated |
1996 | Honorable Mention | Stockholm Film Festival | Bound (1996) | Nominated |