Lorne Michaels
- Known for
- Production
- Born
- 17 November 1944 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lorne Michaels, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Production 85
- 2026The Big Goodbye · producer
- 2026Jonty · producer
- 2026Bag Man · producer
- 2026Worst Man · producer
- 2026A Chris Farley Story · producer
- 2026Untitled Lou Gehrig Biopic · producer
- 2025Sarah Squirm: Live + in the Flesh · executive producer
- 2025Downey Wrote That · executive producer
- 2025Saturday Night Live: 50th Anniversary Special · executive producer
- 2025SNL50: The Homecoming Concert · executive producer
- 2025Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music · executive producer
- 2024Nate Bargatze's Nashville Christmas · executive producer
- 2024Mean Girls · producer
- 2022Miley's New Year's Eve Party · executive producer
- 2022Michael Bublé's Christmas in the City · executive producer
- 2021Miley's New Year's Eve Party Hosted by Miley Cyrus and Pete Davidson · executive producer
- 2020Vampires vs. the Bronx · producer
- 202030 Rock: A One-Time Special · executive producer
- 2019My Favorite Shapes by Julio Torres · executive producer
- 2018Steve Martin and Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life · executive producer
- 2017The David S. Pumpkins Halloween Special · executive producer
- 2016Michael Che Matters · executive producer
- 2016Final Transmission · executive producer
- 2016Masterminds · producer
- 2016Brother Nature · producer
- 2016Whiskey Tango Foxtrot · producer
- 2015Adele: Live in New York City 2015 · executive producer
- 2015Gentle and Soft: The Story of the Blue Jean Committee · executive producer
- 2015Staten Island Summer · producer
- 2014The Maya Rudolph Show · executive producer
- 2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · executive producer
- 2012The Guilt Trip · producer
- 2011Inside Portlandia · executive producer
- 2011Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10 · producer
- 2010MacGruber · producer
- 2009Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler · producer
- 2008To Love and Die · executive producer
- 2008Baby Mama · producer
- 2007Hot Rod · producer
- 2007Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation · executive producer
- 2005Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd · executive producer
- 2004Mean Girls · producer
- 2003Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles · executive producer
- 2002Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell · executive producer
- 2002NBC 75th Anniversary Special · executive producer
- 200150 Years of NBC Late Night · executive producer
- 2001Enigma · producer
- 2000The Ladies Man · producer
- 1999SNL: The Best of Adam Sandler · executive producer
- 1999Superstar · producer
- 1999Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special · executive producer
- 1998A Night at the Roxbury · producer
- 1998Bad Boys of Saturday Night Live · executive producer
- 1998Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman · executive producer
- 1996Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy · producer
- 1996Black Sheep · producer
- 1995Stuart Saves His Family · producer
- 1995Tommy Boy · producer
- 1994Lassie · producer
- 1993Wayne's World 2 · producer
- 1993Coneheads · producer
- 1992Frosty Returns · executive producer
- 1992Wayne's World · producer
- 1991Saturday Night Live: Halloween Special · executive producer
- 1991Lookwell · producer
- 1990The Earth Day Special · executive producer
- 1989Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary · executive producer
- 1988Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel · executive producer
- 1986¡Three Amigos! · producer
- 1984Nothing Lasts Forever · producer
- 1984The Day Before · producer
- 1984The Discreet Charm of the Diplomacy · producer
- 1983Neil Young in Berlin · producer
- 1983The Coneheads · executive producer
- 1982Simon & Garfunkel: The Concert in Central Park · executive producer
- 1981Steve Martin's Best Show Ever · producer
- 1980Gilda Live · producer
- 1979Mr. Mike's Mondo Video · executive producer
- 1979Bob & Ray, Jane, Laraine & Gilda · executive producer
- 1978The Things We Did Last Summer · producer
- 1978The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash · executive producer
- 1977The Paul Simon Special · producer
- 1976The Beach Boys: It's OK · producer
- 1976The Beach Boys: It's OK · producer
- 1973Lily · producer
Acting 34
- 20269/11: United We Stand -- 25 Years Later as Self (archive footage)
- 2026Lorne as Self
- 2025I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not as Self
- 2025Downey Wrote That as Self
- 2025Saturday Night Live: 50th Anniversary Special as Self
- 2025SNL50: The Homecoming Concert as Self
- 2025Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music as Self - Executive Producer
- 2024An SNL Thanksgiving as (archive footage)
- 2024Will & Harper as Self
- 2024In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon as Self
- 2022The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks as Self
- 2020Belushi as Self (archive footage)
- 2019Cracked Up as Self
- 2018Love, Gilda as Self
- 2017Sandy Wexler as Testimonial
- 2016The Last Laugh as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2015I Am Chris Farley as Self
- 2015Live from New York! as Self
- 2014The Last Impresario as Self
- 2012Paul Simon: Under African Skies as Self
- 2011Inside Portlandia as Self
- 2010Saturday Night as Self
- 2010Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again as Self
- 2007Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation as Self
- 2006Laser Cats! as Self
- 2005Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found as Self
- 2005Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live as Self
- 2000Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation as Self
- 1999Man on the Moon as Self (uncredited)
- 1996The Kids In The Hall: Laughing Ourselves Sick
- 1994The Story of Lassie as Self
- 1989Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary as Self
- 1986The Canadian Conspiracy as Self
- 1978The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash as Sleazy Merchandiser
crew 5
- 2026Marcello Hernández: American Boy · thanks
- 2024Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked · thanks
- 2015Inside Out · thanks
- 2003Lost in Translation · thanks
- 1982Simon & Garfunkel: The Concert in Central Park · executive music producer
Writing 10
- 2025Saturday Night Live: 50th Anniversary Special · writer
- 2025SNL50: The Homecoming Concert · writer
- 2002NBC 75th Anniversary Special · writer
- 1986¡Three Amigos! · screenplay
- 1981Steve Martin's Best Show Ever · writer
- 1980Gilda Live · writer
- 1977The Paul Simon Special · writer
- 1976The Beach Boys: It's OK · writer
- 1976The Beach Boys: It's OK · writer
- 1973Lily · writer
Created 1
- 1975Saturday Night Live · creator