
Lorne Michaels
Known for: Production
Born: November 17, 1944
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. De…
Known for

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

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025

Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
1989

Lorne
2026

Cracked Up
2019
Laser Cats!
2006

In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon
2024
Inside Portlandia
2011

Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live
2005

Paul Simon: Under African Skies
2012

I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not
2025

The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks
2022

The Story of Lassie
1994
Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again
2010

The Kids In The Hall: Laughing Ourselves Sick
1996

Saturday Night
2010

Will & Harper
2024

Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
2005

Belushi
2020

Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
2007

The Last Impresario
2014

Live from New York!
2015

Love, Gilda
2018

Downey Wrote That
2025

I Am Chris Farley
2015

The Canadian Conspiracy
1986

The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
1978

Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
2000

The Story of Late Night
2021

Iconoclasts
2005

Saturday Night Live
1975

The Kardashians
2022

Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
2012

Norm Macdonald Has a Show
2018

Mark Twain Prize
1999

Sandy Wexler
2017

SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
2025

The Last Laugh
2016

Man on the Moon
1999