Lana Wachowski

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Lana Wachowski (born Laurence Wachowski; June 21, 1965) and Lilly Wachowski (born Andrew Paul Wachowski; December 29, 1967) are American film and television directors, writers, and producers.

Both trans women have worked as a writer and directing team throughout their professional film careers.

They made their directing debut in 1996 with Bound and gained notoriety in 1999 with their second film The Matrix (1999), a major box office hit for which they received the Saturn Award for Best Director.

They wrote and produced two sequels: The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions (both in 2003), and were involved in the writing and production of other works in the Matrix series. They produced and directed the 2005 film V for Vendetta (an Alan Moore and David Lloyd adaptation), and the Japanese anime film Speed Racer, a live-action recreation of the Japanese anime series, following the commercial success of The Matrix series.

Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell's book written and co-directed by Tom Tykwer, was the company's next film, based on David Mitchell's novel and co-written and co-directed by Tom Tykwer, and was released in 2012.

Jupiter Ascending and the Netflix series Sense 8, which they co-created with J. Michael Straczynski and others, premiered in 2015; Lana's second major creative venture without Lilly, who wanted to take time off, was in progress, while Lana is planning a third Matrix sequel for 2021, which she co-authored with David Mitchell and Aleksander Hemon.

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Early life and careers

Lana was born in Chicago in 1965; Lilly was born two and a half years later in 1967. Lynne (née Luckinbill), their mother, was a nurse and painter. Ron Wachowski, their father, was a businessman of Polish descent. Laurence Luckinbill, the uncle of their uncle, is an actor and Primetime Emmy Award-winning producer. In the late 2010s, Ron and Lynne died five weeks apart. Julie and Laura, Lana and Lilly's two older sisters, have two other sisters. Julie is the assistant coordinator for the film Bound; she is a novelist and screenwriter.

The Wachowskis attended Kellogg Elementary School in Beverly Hills, Chicago, and graduated from Whitney Young High School, which is known for its performing arts and science curriculum, in 1983 and 1985. Former students recall being involved in Dungeons & Dragons and teaching in the school's theater and television program.

Lana graduated from Bard College, a New York state university; Lilly attended Emerson College in Boston. Each dropped out before graduating, and they operated a Chicago-painting and building company.

They published several issues of Ectokid for Marvel Comics' Razorline imprint beginning in 1993 (created by horror novelist Clive Barker), which were attributed to Lana. They also wrote for the Marvel's Epic Comics imprint, including Clive Barker's Hellraiser and Clive Barker's Nightbreed.

Film and television careers

They ventured into film writing in the mid-1990s, including the script for Assassins, which was directed by Richard Donner and released in 1995. Warner Bros. purchased the script and included two more photos in the ad. Donner's script was "completely rewritten" by Brian Helgeland and the Wachowskis, who then attempted to delete their names from the film. They claim the experience gave them the sense that they should become writers or that they would never live as writers in this area."

Their next project was the 1996 neo-noir thriller Bound, for which they wrote the script and made their debut as directors. The film was well-received for its aesthetics and craft, and it was rated as one of the first mainstream films to have a same-sex relationship without it being central to the plot. The Wachowskis asked to direct their next photograph, The Matrix, relying on the positive buzz.

In 1999, they completed The Matrix, a science fiction action film. In the film "the Matrix," Keanu Reeves portrays Neo, a hacker hired by a rebellion to assist them in the fight against machines that have taken over the planet and put humanity into a virtual reality. Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, and Joe Pantoliano appear in the film. Warner Bros' film was a critical and commercial smash. It received four Academy Awards, one for its "Best Visual Effects" for popularizing the bullet time visual effect. The Matrix was a big influence on action films, and it has appeared in several "greatest science fiction films" lists. The film was nominated for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress in 2012 for being "culturally, historically, and aesthetically significant."

The Wachowskis produced two sequels, The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions, both of which were released in 2003, as a result of its success. The Matrix Reloaded received favorable feedback, but not at the same level as the original. It became a big box office hit, holding the position of the highest-grossing R-rated film for more than a decade (until 2016's Deadpool). The Matrix Revolutions attracted mixed critical reception and only did well in the box office. Although it was still profitable, it was marginally less so than the original film.

The Wachowskis and Spencer Lamm, who produced the film's official website, created comedies based on the film's location, which were released free of charge on the website. These and a few short stories were published in three series from 1999 to 2003, with some of them (along with new content) collected in two print volumes in 2003 and 2004. The Wachowskis authored "Bits and Pieces," a prequel to the Matrix's history that includes illustrations by Geof Darrow, the film's experimental designer. Neil Gaiman, Dave Gibbons, Paul Chadwick, Ted McKeever, Poppy Z. Brite, and Steve Skroce are among the writers and artists that contributed to the series.

Lilly Wachowski, the transgender woman, has urged people to read "through the lens of our transgence," saying that the themes of identity, self-image, and transformation are evident in The Matrix.

The Wachowskis' next film, V for Vendetta, an adaptation of Alan Moore and David Lloyd's graphic novel of the same name, starring Natalie Portman and Hugo Weaving, was released. They wrote and produced the film with Matrix producer Joel Silver, who had previously bought the film rights to the graphic novel. As his first assistant director of The Matrix trilogy, the Wachowskis offered the film to James McTeigue, the first assistant director of The Matrix trilogy, as his directorial debut. Moore did not participate in the production as he was dissatisfied with his previous Hollywood adaptations of his art, and he did not agree with differences between his graphic novel and the screenplay. Moore was apparently eager to hear more about the film, but Moore demanded that Silver retract it, and had his own name deleted from the credits if he didn't. Sociopolitical organizations have both criticized and lauded the film's controversial storyline and themes. It was released in 2005 and was well-received; it was a box office hit but not on the same terms as The Matrix films; it did not appear in the box office but not on the scale of The Matrix films. As the version created by David Lloyd for the graphic novel and used in the film was adopted as a symbol of Anonymous, the online hacktivist group Anonymous began to use the Guy Fawkes mask as a symbol.

The Wachowskis and McTeigue were hired to revive The Invasion for Warner Bros in 2006. When the film was made by director Oliver Hirschbiegel, the studio was dissatisfied with it, and the Wachowskis were hired by the Wachowskis to rewrite a portion of the script and create new action scenes, which McTeigue directed. The film, the fourth iteration of the novel The Body Snatchers, was released in 2007, but it was not a critical or box office hit. The Wachowskis and McTeigue are not acknowledged on the film.

With Speed Racer (2008), which starred Emile Hirsch, the Wachowskis returned to directing. The film, which was later produced by Silver, was based on a 1960s Japanese manga series called Mach GoGoGoGo, which had originally been released as an anime television series in 1967. The Wachowskis were attracted to the project because it was the first anime they had seen, and they wanted to make a family-friendly film for their nieces and nephews to enjoy. The Wachowskis' cinematographer David Tattersall shot the film in an attempt to recreate anime in live action, with the intention of adding extensive visual effects in post-production. The film was considered both a critical and commercial failure. Although the special effects were lauded, the storyline was deemed lacking. For the 29th Golden Raspberry Awards, it was nominated in the category of "Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off, or Sequel." Its box office sales were $93 million to a $120 million production budget. Since then, critics have ranked the film on lists of underrated or cult films.

The Wachowskis' next film project was Ninja Assassin, a martial arts film starring Rain, which was released in 2009. Rain's racing experience in Speed Racer inspired it. It was created by the Wachowskis during their time with Silver and directed by McTeigue. Matthew Sand and J. Michael Straczynski, a Wachowski family, who were waiting for a complete rewrite of the earlier drafts and were running out of time, were involved in the script. Ninja Assassin was criticized and performed lukewarmly in the theaters but on home video, but it did a good job.

Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell's 2004 book of the same name, was their next directorial outing, starring Tom Hanks and Halle Berry. Cloud Atlas was written and directed in collaboration with German filmmaker Tom Tykwer, to whom the Wachowskis had introduced the book many years before. The filmmakers were unable to get support from a studio (except Warner Bros.'s $20 million) and the film was made in a way that was not initially expected. It was described as the most expensive independent film to date and the first attempt at a German blockbuster with a budget of over $100 million. The film premiered at the 37th annual Toronto International Film Festival in September 2012 to acclaim and a long standing ovation. It was announced in general terms a month later and then appeared in both "Best Film" and "Worst Film" lists. Overall, favorable to optimistic. The film received many nominations and accolades, one of which was nominated for the German Film Award, including ten nominations for the German Film Award, out of which it received five. It also received five Saturn Award nominations, out of which it received two. David Mitchell liked the result, spent some time on the set (including filming a cameo), and had a good feeling about the end. According to the Wachowskis, the film was the most difficult of their films to produce, the one they are most proud of, and the one that people are told has touched people's lives the most. Cloud Atlas is expected to be the film for which they will be remembered, according to them.

The Wachowskis developed and directed Jupiter Ascending, their first space opera screenplay. In 2015, the film was released. Channing Tatum and Mila Kunis appear, as well as Wachowski's John Gaeta on photographic effects and Kym Barrett on costumes. Jupiter Ascending's financial and critical demise, according to Deadline, caused the company's business relationship with Warner Bros, which began with the Matrix brand, to be terminated.

J. Michael Straczynski's next project was the Netflix science fiction drama series Sense8, which was created and published in 2009. Sense8 is a film that was shot in several cities around the world and stars an international ensemble cast. The Wachowskis produced the majority of the episodes of the first season, with McTeigue, Tykwer, and their go-to-visual effects supervisor Dan Glass handling the rest of the script in their debut. The first season of the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Drama Series premiered in 2015 to generally positive feedback, particularly for the scale and presentation of diverse and LGBT characters and themes. It has also been nominated for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music at the Primetime Emmy Award. Lilly took a break from it after the first season for what turned out to be the remainder of the series. On December 23, 2016, a Christmas special was released, but the remainder of the show's second season was announced in May 2017. The third season was postponed, and Sense8's two-hour finale, which aired in June 2018, was concluded.

The Wachowskis were invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in June 2016.

Lilly would co-write and co-run the eight-episode first season of the drama-comedy series Work in Progress, produced by Abby McEnany and Tim Mason for Showtime in May 2019. In December 2019, the series debuted in December 2019. The series was revived for a 10-episode second season in January 2020, with Lilly continuing to be involved.

Lana will be back to write, direct, and produce the fourth installment of the Matrix series, with Reeves and Moss reprising their roles; it is the first film made by only one of the Wachowskis. Lana wrote the script with David Mitchell and Aleksandar Hemon. In December 2021, the film was released.

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